Arguments for Calvinism - Topics
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| Title Sort descending | Claim | Supporting Calvinism |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit of Calvinism | Calvinism encourages ungodliness. |
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| God is glorified by ordaining everything ?? | God is glorified by ordaining all events, since this means God is sovereign. |
If God did not ordain all events, He would not be sovereign. Making God less than sovereign is lessening God's glory. |
| God's glory | God seeks his own glory. |
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| God's nature | God has certain characteristics; see other pages for details. [Links to other pages to be added.] |
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| God's pleasure | All that God does is for his pleasure. |
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| God's sovereignty | God ordains sins, crimes, etc. |
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| God's will | God's (decretive) will is always done. |
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| Gospel & Calvinism | The Bible's explanation of the gospel does not support Calvinism. |
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| Ideological possession | Ideas / ideology taking precedence over reality & truth is unfortunately the case for Calvinism. |
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| Ideology & cognition | Calvinism is an ideology. |
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| Idolatry? | Calvinism can be idolatry. |
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| Irresistible grace | One cannot resist / reject salvation. |
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| Is faith a work | Faith is not a work. |
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| Jonathan Edwards on double predestination | Jonathan Edwards argued for double predestination, that God's not electing some is still a choice / decision. |
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| Jonathan Edwards on the will | Edwards (erroneously) conflates desire or "preferring," with will or choosing. |
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| Language looseness | Calvinism relies on a double standard with respect to language looseness. |
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| Limited atonement | Limited atonement is not biblical. |
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| Limited atonement does not glorify God | Limited atonement does not glorify God |
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| Martyn Lloyd-Jones and non epistemic ranking criteria | A statement by Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Calvinism is analyzed and found to involve non epistemic ranking criteria. |
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| Matt 11:21 | Matt 11:21 does not support Calvinism. |
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