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Dr. Kirk MacGregor (McPherson College) is one of the leading voices regarding Molinism in the world today and was recently invited into the “lion’s den” to take on three Calvinists during a live radio program called  Iron Sharpens Iron . The Calvinists included the host of the show, Chris Arnzen, along with the cohost (my personal friend), Anthony Uvenio from  New York Apologetics , and their special guest and expert all things Calvinism, Dr. Tony Costa from Toronto Baptist S

We're finishing up the objections posed by the Messianic Manic on this week's episode. Safe to say, the Freethinking Argument has survived this manic attack unscathed and stronger for it. This has been a fun series to do. Even though the quality of objection wasn't terribly high, I think it's important to publicly show the objections for what they are. Sometimes, people can get discourage by the mere presence of an objection regardless of how powerful it is. Hopefully this v

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¡Yo solía ser un calvinista de 5 Puntos! No solamente sostenía cada pétalo del TULIP , yo también rechazaba la idea de que la humanidad poseía libertad libertariana en cualquier sentido o forma. Yo sostenía la posición de que Dios no solamente determinaba causalmente la salvación y la condenación, sino que Dios causalmente determinaba todo. Si uno escogiera beber Coca-Cola en lugar de Pepsi o si uno escogiera comer en McDonalds en lugar de Burger King: Dios causaba que todas

Los dos artículos recientes de Tim Stratton titulados Versículos Bíblicos Confusos, Libre Albedrío, Y Determinismo ( Parte 1 y Parte 2 ) han provocado mucha discusión entre los teológicamente inclinados en las redes sociales en las últimas semanas. Aquí hay una conversación que tuve dando una mayor iluminación: Calvinista: ¿Qué pasa con Juan 6:44 que dice específicamente que nadie puede venir a menos que Dios el padre lo atraiga? Esa palabra atraer en griego siendo helky

Millions of Americans regularly attend church each year, and a good portion of those millions are made up of senior citizens. Seniors who attend church are known to experience several benefits that are hard to gain from elsewhere. Indeed, attending church seems to present a unique source of stimulation that can vastly improve the lives of individuals in their later years. Here are four of the main benefits seniors receive from regularly attending church. 1. Church Fulfills a

Pregunta: Tim, no puedo decir que admiro tu exégesis en tu artículo Versículos Bíblicos Confusos, Libre Albedrío, Y Determinismo (Parte 1) , explicando los textos bíblicos. Dentro del contexto de Juan 6:44 está claro que la clave no es la palabra "puede" sino la declaración en su conjunto de que aquellos que vienen a Jesús (creer en él) solo son capaces de hacerlo porque el padre los atrae. Es decir, que el Padre los ha liberado para hacerlo. ¿Los liberó de qué? De la esclavi

Pregunta: Hola Tim, después de leer casi todo en tu sitio web, ha reafirmado mi creencia en el libre albedrío. Aunque hay algunos versículos de la Biblia que me preocupan... esto puede ser una mala interpretación, pero si pudieras explicar cómo estos juegan en la mentalidad del libre albedrío, sería genial: Juan 6:44, “Nadie puede venir a mí si no lo trae el Padre que me envió, y yo lo resucitaré en el día final”, y Efesios 1:4-5, “Según nos escogió en Él antes de la fundaci

We're continuing our series responding to the Messianic Manic's objections to the Freethinking Argument. This episode deals with what is probably the most substantive objection he raises, so we deal with it accordingly. Be prepared, this episode is fairly intense in terms of its philosophical content, but if you've listened to our other episodes on the Freethinking Argument, you'll be just fine. Don't forget to continue to share the show. We want to be able to reach more peo

Hi! I’m Tia and I thought I would do a mini-series of blogs of what it’s like to be the wife of a Christian Apologist. But, why be so impersonal?! I would like to specifically tell you what it's like being the wife of “The FreeThinking Theist” — aka, the "Libertarian Freedom Fighter" —  Tim Stratton! “Tim? Tim Stratton?! You’re Tim Stratton’s wife!?!” If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it a million times. Before Tim was known as an apologist he was locally famous for being th

I know we just talked about the Freethinking Argument a couple of episodes ago, but there's been a video making the rounds claiming to have debunked the argument. If you know Tim, he's not going to let that slide! In this episode, we interact with a YouTube video from a guy named the Messianic Manic. Needless to say, Tim doesn't let him off the hook! Hopefully, by the end of the podcast you'll see that these objections simply don't carry much weight. They're all based on mis

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Some of my colleagues have jokingly referred to me as the epitome of a "libertarian freedom fighter!" Not only do I take freedom from "big government" seriously, I also take metaphysical and theological libertarian freedom even more seriously. That is to say, I am convinced that humans possess libertarian free will and I argue that we can use this freedom incorrectly, but that we have an ability to do otherwise and we ought to use our libertarian freedom wisely. The Apostle

Kenneth Keathley systematically treads into a misted jungle of the dialogue as a scrupulous cartographer might painstakingly trace out the ever-forking pattern of a river delta. In Christian theological circles, there is hardly a less prolific discussion-generator as is the topic of salvation – with Calvinism and Arminianism as the primary options available. He categorizes, lists, and evaluates the theological issues networked across this dialogue to subdue an often caricatur

It's the final episode with Dr. Mike Licona where he answers more of your questions on the Gospels. He answers concerns regarding taking the Bible literally, the "I am" statements in the Gospels, as well as his personal outlook on Scripture after his research. These should all be of great interest to Christians, so I'm excited for you all to hear him respond. This has been an incredibly fun series of episodes to do. Tim and I would like to encourage you guys to read Dr. Lico

Mike Licona is back in this episode to answer some specific questions that members of our private Facebook group had in regard to his position on why there are differences in the Gospels. This led to another fantastic conversation that hopefully clarifies Dr. Licona's position even more. In this episode, you'll learn how Mike views the teachings of Jesus, why he believes we should look to Plutarch to understand why the Gospels were written the way they were, and a host of ot

We have another bonus episode for you guys, as we were fortunate enough to get Mike Licona on the show to talk about his work on why there are differences in the Gospels. As some of you might know, his position has received a bit of flak, specifically from a few individuals within the Christian apologetics community. We wanted to give Mike a chance to be heard and defend his position. This was an incredibly fun episode to record. Mike is an incredibly smart and likable perso

We have a special bonus episode for you guys on Sunday, something that's a little more "inside baseball" than usual. Today we have Brian Abasciano, a pastor, adjunct professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and President of the Society of Evangelical Arminians on the show with us. He responds to James White on his comments regarding whether or not the word "whoever" appears in John 3:16 in the original Greek. Brian has written an article on this ver

Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!! Spoiler Alert!!! Seriously, if you have not yet seen the movie, Avengers: Infinity War , stop reading this and go to the movie theatre and buy a ticket! Then come back and read this article. Consider yourself warned! Marvel Studios has devoted the past decade to developing many of my favorite childhood comics into fantastic movies. They started with Iron man, Thor, and Captain America, and then went on to develop other stars and co-stars withi

Summary: In  The Dividing Line  episode  Behold the Secular Woman & WLC on Molinism (Once Again)  James White argues that Molinism is false because it prohibits God from creating creaturely essences. Here, I offer several interpretations of White's argument and demonstrate that regardless of which interpretation White prefers his argument can be shown to have an unargued premise. Video Source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4cSeSzi0jE Addressing White's Preliminary Remark