Calvinists v Arminians (round 2)


It seems the whole Calvinist and Arminian debate is getting a fresh airing. I commented here following a post by Adrian Warnock. He’s followed that up with another post which included a link to this helpful post and ended with,

‘select Arminians should also receive the right hand of fellowship.’

Which is good to know, although I’m not sure who gets to be selected or on what basis. But if offered I’d accept. I also recommend this resource to get an idea of what Arminians believe which is not always what Calvinists think as you’ll see if you read this by Roger Olson.

Most of the time I’m with Craig Blomberg whose term Calminian I prefer to Warnock’s cumbersome Arminocalvinist,


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3 responses

  1. I’m decreasingly convinced about how helpful the categories of arminian and calvinist really are… just not sure they answer the questions i have.

    1. That may be true but it’s a debate that won’t go away. What are your questions?

  2. I dunno really, I guess maybe I feel like neither really portrays God well. I’ve been helped a fair bit by some of the stuff from Bobby Grow whose ‘evangelical calvinism’ is probably a sort of half-way house but more dealing with a different starting point in who God is – much more Trinitarian and relational than a God of decrees and decisions, seems to emphasise more of Christ and more of his expansive and personal love:
    http://evangelicalcalvinist.com/2009/08/13/the-gospel-evangelical-calvinist-style/

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