February 1, 2016
Review of Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace, by Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. This review first appeared in Restoration Quarterly 56 (2014): 258-259. This book is long overdue. While the shelves are filled with scholarly summaries of Augustine, Luther, Calvin, and Wesley, this is the first book-length […]
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Books | Tagged: Arminius, Calvinism, Election, Grace, Predestination, Reformed |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 5, 2013
Ever since the emergence of open theism on the evangelical scene in the 1990s, there have been several attempts to saddle Arminianism with the theological interests of open theism. On the one hand, Reformed theologians find it to their advantage to identify Arminianism and open theism, if for no other reason than the slippery slope […]
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Theology | Tagged: Arminianism, Arminius, Calvinism, Concurrence, Evil, Governance, Jacobus Arminius, Open Theism, Providence, Reformed Theology, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 18, 2010
Twenty-five years ago this month I defended my dissertation at Westminster Theological Seminary. I remember that I was confident but somewhat intimidated at the same time. It was a weird feeling. One goal of a dissertation is to know more than your Professors on the topic. 🙂 At the same time, they know some things […]
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Church History, Theology | Tagged: Arminianism, Arminius, Calvinism, Dutch Theology, Enlightenment, Jacobus Arminius, John Locke, Philip van Limborch, Remonstrantism, Remonstrants |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 23, 2009
[Note: I am attempting to keep these SBD installments under 2000 words each, but that is–of course–quite inadequate for the topics covered. Consequently, these contributions are more programmatic than they are explanatory or defenses of the positions stated. You may access the whole series at my Serial page.] Defending God is not my job. Good […]
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Theology | Tagged: Arminianism, Calvinism, Christology, Concurrentism, Eschatology, Evil, God, Good, Problem of Evil, Providence, Reformed Theology, Suffering, Theodicy |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 14, 2009
[Note: I am attempting to keep these SBD installments under 2000 words each, but that is–of course–quite inadequate for the topics covered. Consequently, these contributions are more programmatic than they are explanatory or defenses of the positions stated. You may access the whole series at my Serial page.] God elects us in Christ through faith […]
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Theology | Tagged: Arminianism, Assurance, Calvinism, Covenant, Election, Faith, Grace, Israel, Predestination, Reformed |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 24, 2009
In my previous post I summarized the conclusions of Keith Stanglin in his recent book Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: The Context, Roots, and Shape of the Leiden Debate, 1603-1609. In this post, I want to offer an extended theological comment on the nature of assurance for Calvinists and Arminians. I will indulge this […]
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Theology | Tagged: Arminianism, Assurance, Calvinism, Faith, Grace, John Calvin, Salvation, Soteriology', temporary faith |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 23, 2009
Given some recent comments, I thought I would share my review of a recent book that will soon appear in Restoration Quarterly. The author, Keith Stanglin, is a friend and former student (indeed, he was my Graduate Assistant for several years) at Harding University Graduate School of Religion. He now teaches at Harding University in […]
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Books | Tagged: Arminianism, Arminius, Assurance, Calvinism, Despair, Faith, Gomarus, Keith Stanglin, Reformed, Secruity, Soteriology', Trust |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 13, 2009
This is quite daring, I must admit. Or, it might be rather idiotic. But in my quest to place my published writings on this webpage, I now turn to the 1970s. It is rather chilling and sometimes quite illuminating to actually read what I wrote thirty years ago (wow! I really am that old). It […]
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Personal, Theology | Tagged: Apostleship, Authority, Baptism, Bible-2 Thessalonians, Bible-Corinthians, Bible-Galatians, Bible-Romans, Calvinism, Creation, Divorce, Faith, Gender, Homosexuality, Justification, Marriage, Original Guilt, Original Sin, Patternism, Paul, Sanctification, Scripture, Speaking in Tongues, Spiritual Gifts, Tongues, Total Depravity, Women |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 22, 2008
Recently a researcher in Europe asked for a copy of my article The Righteousness of Saving Faith: Arminian Versus Remonstrant Grace (published in Evangelical Journal in 1991) to assist his investigation of Arminianism. It gave me the opportunity to dig it up and put it on my website. The article is based on my Ph.D. […]
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Church History, Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Arminianism, Arminius, Atonement, Calvinism, Churches of Christ, Faith, Guy N. Woods, Justification, K. C. Moser, Limborch, Merit, R. C. Bell, Remonstrant Brotherhood, Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks