When Worldviews Collide — Calvinism Is Unnecessary — Part 4

Written by Pastor Josh Merrell of South Side Baptist Church in Weatherford, Texas. Molinism Shields God’s Character From Charges of Capricious Malevolence A significant problem with determinist theories of providence, which root God’s sovereignty in His will, is that they inevitably paint Him in a bad light. Indeed, “if God is made the author of…

When Worldviews Collide — Calvinism Is Unnecessary — Part 3

Written by Pastor Josh Merrell of South Side Baptist Church in Weatherford, Texas. Molinism provides a coherent explanation of human free will despite meticulous sovereignty In the previous article I argued for the most robust form of divine sovereignty. I went so far as to suggest that God exercises meticulous sovereignty over all events, including…

When Worldviews Collide — Calvinism Is Unnecessary — Part 2

Written by Pastor Josh Merrell of South Side Baptist Church in Weatherford, Texas. Molinism Supports Meticulous Sovereignty For those who have lost count, this is the sixth article in the series against Calvinism. The first four sought to demonstrate that Calvinism is illogical and internally self-contradictory. In the last installment, I began a new critique…

When Worldviews Collide — Calvinism Is Unnecessary — Part 1

Written by Pastor Josh Merrell of South Side Baptist Church in Weatherford, Texas. Calvinism Is Unnecessary — Part 1 In my three most recent articles I have argued that Calvinism in its most popular form[1] cannot be true because it either rests on positions that are internally contradictory or it collapses into absurdity.[2] Some reformed…

When Worldviews Collide — Calvinism Violates Aseity — Part 3

Written by Pastor Josh Merrell of South Side Baptist Church in Weatherford, Texas. Calvinism Violates Aseity — Part 3 In the previous article, it was demonstrated that no justification is adequate for dealing with the logical and moral problems of the Calvinist account of sovereignty (i.e., S[1]) because any such strategy inevitably compromises the aseity…