Hypothetical universalism (HU) is one of those positions that sounds like it’s giving everybody what they want. So you get this neat little package: And at first glance, people think: great—problem solved. We can preach “Christ died for you” to … Continue reading What Is an Atonement?
1) The “in God” question is the whole debate Panentheism lives or dies on what “in God” means. The phrase is doing all the work, but it’s usually left undefined—so it can function like a rhetorical bridge from omnipresence to … Continue reading Panentheism: Too Strong or Too Weak
Mindtrap’s argument (in brief) runs like this: That’s the intended squeeze: immutability + exhaustive divine knowledge allegedly forces modal collapse (everything becomes necessary). Mindtrap’s aim is to deny that God genuinely has two alternatives—create or refrain from creating—by arguing that … Continue reading Aseity Without Modal Collapse: A Neo-Reformed Reply to Mindtrap
This article grew out of an extended dialogue I had with a Catholic interlocutor about the canon—how it’s recognized, what authority it presupposes, and why the question matters in the first place. I’m sharing the conversation here not to recycle … Continue reading Who Authenticates the Canon?
By Jimmy Stephens 1) Partialism, Composition, and the Real Hinge-Point I think the partialism thing hinges on whether and why you believe composition is a metaphysical contingency-maker or whatever. I think God’s non-composite because I think composition entails dependence, contradicts … Continue reading Life in Himself
By Jimmy Stephens and TheSire I don’t want to gatekeep, and I don’t think you have to be a heretic to hold annihilationism. Some might use it in ways that do undermine God’s justice or slide toward universalism, and that … Continue reading Did Hell Get Annihilated?
I’ve been trading notes with a scholastic trying to salvage “middle knowledge.” I’ll lay out his move and where it collapses. PPboy—Oz from Retrieving Reformed (formerly Protestant Perspective)—backed the other guy in that discussion. “The foundation and means of knowledge … Continue reading Retrieving Molinism?
LeBlanc contends that determinism reduces human beings to stage props: determinism “creates direct threads between all the objects and God… in eternity past God through his divine decree dictates each and every action. Pointing out the strings is what defines … Continue reading Puppets and Providence
Mindwarden recently argued that Calvinism is internally incoherent when it comes to human nature, sin, and the incarnation. His claim is that Reformed theology “can’t have it both ways”—that if sin is accidental, humanity remains ontologically unchanged, but if sin … Continue reading How Bad Are We?: Refuting Mindwarden on Human Nature
By Jimmy Stephens What follows is a critique of Tyler’s Medium article titled, “Conditional Forgiveness and Reformed Orthodoxy.” There are a number of errors to be observed, some conceptual, others exegetical. I cannot be exhaustive, but we shall cover what’s … Continue reading Deadly Guilt or Fatherly Displeasure? What the Reformed Confessions Actually Teach
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