This Week in Calvinism - June 26, 2015

• Jonathan Merritt interviews Barnabas Piper about his new book Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt Is Not the Enemy of Faith.
  
  
• John Piper on the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex "marriage."
  
  
• Doug Wilson's response.
  
  
• I'm not sure what immigration has to do with Calvinism, but Keith Preston writes, "[T]he possible dilution of WASPish American culture with its Calvinist roots" isn't a reason to criticize immigration from Latin America.
  
  
• Big giveaway from Banner of Truth: a set of Puritan paperbacks, a multi-volume commentary on Romans, and Spurgeon's Lectures to my Students.

This Week in Calvinism - June 12, 2015

• Calvinism is not new to Baptists. In fact, "Calvinists once dominated Baptist church life in America."
  
  
• Ben Witherington is beginning a series of blog posts on Jacob Arminius. His reason: "Especially in the wake of the recent resurgence of certain very conservative kinds of Reformed thinking in America ... it is a good time to take a careful look once more at Arminius and his heirs."
  
  
• Roger Olson on prevenient grace:

  There are hints here and there in Arminius that he wanted to believe God is an equal opportunity savior, but I’m not convinced he really believed that. This is a point of difference among Arminians. Some (e.g., Wesley) believe God is an equal opportunity savior; others believe prevenient grace is attached to the gospel message and its communication (even if that happens sometimes supernaturally via angels or whatever). I do not think Arminius or any classical Arminian would say prevenient grace is given only to those God foreknows will respond positively to the gospel.

  
  
• Mark Jones discusses New Calvinism, Trinitarian worship, and American Flags.
  
  
• According to The Washington Post, American environmentalism has its roots in Calvinist churches.

This Week in Calvinism - June 12, 2015

• Enter to win a set of Calvin and Spurgeon mugs.
  
  
• According to one blogger, Ann Coulter isn't promoting white racism; she's promoting Calvinism. After all, protecting white American culture "is what calvinism (sic) is all about."
  
  
• How did anti-Calvinist pastors publicize their straw man attacks before YouTube?
  
  
• John Piper on the mystery of election.
  
  
• James White responds to Dr. Drew.

This Week in Calvinism - June 5, 2015

• Talking Calvinism with Robert H. Schuller.
  
  
• David Schrock discusses two common misunderstandings about Calvinism in Baptist history: 1) five-point Calvinists are hyper-Calvinists and 2) Calvinism is incompatible with Baptist doctrine.
  
  
• An atheist begins a video series reading through and reviewing The Defense of the Faith by Cornelius Van Til.
  
  
• Sinclair Ferguson on the doxological nature of Calvinism.
  
  
• John Piper on real Christian unity.