When you compare my life and spiritual maturity now to my life and spiritual maturity 3 years ago there is a monumental difference.  There would be a problem if there wasn’t.  Discipleship and local church involvement are key when it comes to a believers progressive sanctification.  I have had my bumps and bruises here and [...]

There is a lot to discuss concerning the issue of debate when talking about and thinking through Calvinism and Arminianism.  I’m not going to discuss the extreme theological differences here… a large theological book would be needed for such a task.  We must be clear though – It’s not enough just to say, “I’m an [...]

Calvinism or Arminianism?  Or a mix of flavors? As we continue to think through the influence of Calvinism on our generation I think it would be helpful to define Calvinism at this point. The issue of Calvinism, I think, will always be here as long as King Jesus should remain exalted at the right hand [...]

Walking through my seminary hallway, I over hear lots of interesting conversations.   Sometimes I hear conversations about sports or small talk or books, but often times I hear people, if not groups, discuss the issue of Calvinism.  I’ve been in small country churches in East Tennessee and have been asked not about my family [...]

If we want to be honest a lot of people don’t even know what Calvinism is, much less understand the tension that it brings between believers.  None-the-less, if you don’t know what Calvinism is then you probably will soon enough.  Calvinism (New Calvinism as people often call it) is a big enough deal that Time [...]