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DISPUTATION XXVIION THE LORDSHIP OR DOMINION OF GODI. Through creation, dominion over all things which have been created by himself, belongs to the Creator. It is, therefore, primary, being dependent on no other dominion or on that of no other person; and it is, on this account, chief because there is none greater; and it is absolute, because it is over the entire creature, according to the whole, and according to all and each of its parts, and t...

There is a misconception when it comes to the Arminian/Calvinist debate that Arminians deny the sovereignty of God.  This could be nothing further from the truth.  No biblical Arminian would reject the sovereignty of God since the Bible plainly teaches that "Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases" (Psalm 115:3).  The difference between the Arminian and Calvinist views about the sovereignty of God lies whether G...

The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.- Psalm 12:6-7 (NKJV)Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.- Psalm 115:3One of the key factors that leads me to embrace the inerrancy of Scripture is my firm belief in the sovereignty of God.  There is no denying that I differ with Calvini...

In the last couple of decades we have seen a rise of a new doctrine of God called "Open Theology." This "Open Theology," "Open Theism," or "Free-Will Theism" has been very appealing to many from the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition. According to Open theology, the future is open and thus not entirely settled. This school of thought believes that God does not have exhaustive foreknowledge of the future. This means that while God knows all possibilities...

The Reformation Study Bible teaches that “we do not know what others God has chosen among those who do not yet believe, nor why He chose us in particular. We do know that we believe now only because we were chosen... . Reprobation is the name given to God’s eternal decision regarding those sinners whom He has not chosen for life. In not choosing them for life, God has determined not to change them. They will continue in sin, and finally ...

I was reading in my One Year Bible (NIV) and I came across an interesting portion of Scripture in 1 Kings 22 concerning the prophet Micaiah before the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, King of Judah. Micaiah is at first told to prophesy only what is good as the other prophets had done prior to his coming (1 Kings 22:13). Micaiah gives a general statement (v. 15) but the king tells him to swear to him to tell nothing but the truth in the name of t...

One of the ways that Calvinists often attack Arminianism is to try to say that Arminians deny the sovereignty of God. Calvinists insist that since Arminians reject unconditional election and believe in the freedom of the will, this inevitably leads to our rejection of the absolute sovereignty of God in all things. Is this true? Do we Arminians reject the notion that God is sovereign? The answer, of course, is no! How can we deny what the Bib...

Here are a few selected quotes on freedom of the will from several Church Fathers and A.W. Tozer. We have to be careful with quotes since man is fallible and only the Bible is infallible. I have always tried to quote more from Scripture than from any theologian. Even Arminius. I believe that Arminius would soundly agree with me that what the Bible says on an issue is to be accepted far above any quotes from early Church Fathers or any theolog...

Here is a link that other Arminian bloggers have been pointing to and I will do likewise. The article is on the fatal flaws of Calvinism and its view of divine determination. The writer is logical and biblical and that I appreciate. You can find the article here. Subscribe in a reader...

But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.- Genesis 45:5 (NKJV)And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.- Genesis 45:7-...