Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Molinism
Consider this post a (lengthy) side-note to my earlier post. One of the favorite texts of Molinists is Matthew 11:21-24, because it indicates (1) that there are true counterfactuals of freedom, i.e.,...
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How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 2)
[This is the second in an n-part series, where n>1 and probably n<10.] In this short series I’m considering the question: How well is Molinism supported by the Bible? In the first post I...
View ArticleA Quick Argument Against Libertarian Calvinism
One of the current debates among Reformed scholars concerns whether Reformed theology commits one to a compatibilist view of free will. Is there room in the Reformed tradition for a ‘libertarian...
View ArticleSome Challenges for Libertarian Calvinism
Since we’re talking Calvinism and compatibilism, let me mention that Paul Manata and I just had an article on those issues published in the Journal of Reformed Theology: “Determined to Come Most...
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How Biblical is Molinism? (Part 5)
[This is the fifth in an n-part series, where n>1 and very probably n=6.] A long time ago, in a galaxy remarkably like this one, I began a series addressing the question, How well is Molinism...
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Is Calvinism Unliveable?
It’s sometimes claimed that determinism is irrational because (so the argument goes) one can’t consistently believe that one’s beliefs are determined. Occasionally this is transposed into an objection...
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Determined to Believe?
John Lennox is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and an evangelical Christian with a longstanding concern to defend the Christian faith in the public sphere. In recent years...
View ArticleDetermined to Come Most Freely
Reading time: 1 minuteA preprint version of the article I co-authored with Paul Manata, “Determined to Come Most Freely: Some Challenges for Libertarian Calvinism,” published a while ago in the Journal...
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A Brief(ish) Response to Richard Muller
In 2017, Paul Manata and I co-authored an article published in the Journal of Reformed Theology that offered a critique of two versions of “libertarian Calvinism” proposed by Oliver Crisp. Taking the...
View ArticleMolinism and Other Determinisms
In which it is argued that Molinists are determinists, but this is not to their shame. Robert Kane is one of the world’s leading experts on the philosophy of free will. He’s the editor of The Oxford...
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