There is none of the five points of calvinism that are associated with more confusion than the one commonly called Limited Atonment or particular atonement. The problem comes because we do not tend to understand exactly what Calvinists have historically meant by this point, nor do we understand the ...

This is from a transcript of an interview conducted yesterday with Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was responding to a question about the rumors that SWBTS will be letting go professors who hold to the doctrines of grace, commonly known as Calvinism. Here ...

This from the new blog at the Institute for Nouthetic Studies. Once again, Adams lays out the biblical logic that the death of Christ in its intent and effect gloriously accomplished the atonement for ALL who would ever believe: "Jesus didn’t come to make salvation possible—He came to “seek an...

      Ever fond of rummaging through that toward which many, possessing no curious interest in such historical matters, offer but merely a discomforting yawn, I ran across this little golden nugget from Alabama Baptist history.  Elder W. C. Bledsoe, author of The History of The Liberty (East) B...

I apologize for not picking up my limited atonement series sooner.  The holidays plus a couple bouts of illness intervened. I’m not optimistic enough to think in the next few posts I’ll answer all of everyone’s questions on this topic.  I’ll still have more research to do a...

This will be my final installment on quotes from B.H. Carroll for a while.  Many may wonder why I take the time to rummage through historical documents looking for what "they" believed.  What's really important is what we believe, right?  Or, more importantly, what the Bible teaches, right?  Wel...

                                     Founders Calvinists often quote our Southern Baptist forefathers as if they (Founders) are the natural theological heirs of historic Southern Baptist theology.  In some respects, I suppose, it could be argued successfully.  T...

Recently, a dear brother in Christ posted a lengthy rebuke of limited atonement as a comment on my blog. I promised him a response and thought I’d share the exchange here for the benefit of my readers. Feel free to read his original comment .  This is the first part of my response to his conc...

           The recent flurry within the SBC over Calvinism was, at times, heated.  Some have become disgusted with the conversation and vowed to bow out.  I see nothing whatsoever wrong with such, for they are only taking my Moma's never to be questioned wisdom:  "If you can't stand the...

Watch this video as Dr. White begins to completely dismantle David Allen’s pathetic position on the atonement of Christ. If you don’t know who Allen is, he was one of the main speakers at the now infamous John 3:16 Conference. In the midst of his analysis, White brings up the solution of...