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There's hundreds of threads on these forums about predestination. People asking questions, leaning this way or that, talking about "predestination vs free will", etc. There's nothing really wrong with discussions about predestination, but predestination is not really the important thing to talk...

As the title says, I've been a baptist all my life but am becoming slowly convinced of pedobaptism. I'd like to hear some counter arguments from fellow baptists to persuade me otherwise.

Arminianism is inconsistent. It flip-flops it's position on certain things at a moment's notice. For example, Arminians hate the concept of free grace (monergism/Calvinism). They will debate you for hours on why free grace is wrong, WRONG, WRONG! They hate the concept of monergism and Calvinism...

...can he resist other stuff from God, too? The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong...

Calvinism teaches "Total Depravity" which contains the idea that fallen man is "unable" to believe the gospel. Objectors often argue that if man is unable to do something, then God is unjust for holding him accountable for not doing it. So what is going on, exactly? To know what Calvinists...

Why did he create people that He knew, if He created them, would go to hell? He could have simply opted to not create those people, sparing them from that fate. But he created them anyways. He could have simply looked into the future to see who would, if he created the human race, use their...

To the objection that monergistic regeneration "forces" people to make a decision or removes free will: You simply have to acknowledge that that a fallen person sins both 1) out of necessity and 2) freely (ie, all people who are born after Adam (except Jesus) are slaves of sin and thus can't...

The Bible teaches that each person is a sinner since they are born after Adam, born into a fallen human race. If free will is true, why is each person a sinner? I mean, what about free will? If free will is true, why can't each person simply will themselves to never sin in their entire lives...

To the objection that monergistic regeneration "forces" people to make a decision or removes free will: You simply have to acknowledge that that a fallen person sins both 1) out of necessity and 2) freely (ie, all people who are born after Adam (except Jesus) are slaves of sin and thus can't...

This post is an attempt to clear up some misunderstandings about Calvinism. It is not meant to be a full-fledged, detailed explanation of Calvinism. Why did I make this post? Because I see ignorance about Calvinism running rampant on these forums. It seems most non-Calvinists learned what...

Why did God create people he knew would end up in hell? Since God has perfect knowledge of "Bob"'s fate, how can it be said that God is giving Bob a genuine chance/offer of salvation? If God wanted Bob to avoid hellfire, he could have simply opted to not create Bob/allow him to be conceived...

If you can lose your salvation, but don't, yet someone else does, what does that say about you?

By the grace of God I am what I am. As a Calvinist, I can consistently say this alongside the Apostle Paul. What makes you what you are? If you deny effectual grace (irresistible grace) you cannot say that grace alone is what made you differ (sola gratia) from those who end up in hell...

How can we receive the gift of conception? I mean, we haven't even been conceived yet, so how can we do anything to either assist or deny the gift of being conceived by our parents? Yet this is how certain soteriologies on these forums think salvation works.

Dear Robert Baker Please stop harassing me. I've never done anything to you. Just because you disagree with someone over theology doesn't give you the right to harass them and bother them. Thank you.

Why do Arminians always argue against election? Don't they, too, believe in election? For example, here is one Arminian who makes arguments about the elect: Arminians believe in election, too. The difference between Calvinism and Arminianism is not whether or not people were elected before...

If you were being robbed at gunpoint, would you pray something along these lines? "Lord, please don't let that man kill me. Let me live!!" I know I would. Some theologies out there deny that God is in control of human actions and choices. If that is true, then why would you pray for God to...

"God arranged the members of the body, each one of them, as he chose" 1 Corinthians 12:18 In non-Calvinism, this verse should read: "Humans arranged the members of the body, each one of them, as they chose" Shouldn't it? Is there any way this verse allows for conditional election?

I was speaking with a friend and we agreed that there a few things we have seen other Christians affirm that are troubling. We also concluded that Christians don't think very much about the logical conclusion of their position on these matters. "What about those who have never heard the...