This Week in Calvinism - March 25, 2016

• Tired of the Catholic church, one person asks how to convert to Calvinism.
  
  
• Jim Babka thinks the oversimplification of blaming Islam for terrorism is akin to blaming Calvinism for the antics of Westboro Baptist Church.
  
  
• Steven Sewell exposes the "senselessness of the Calvinist view of salvation."
  
  
• Calvary conquers the fear of death.

This Week in Calvinism - March 18, 2016

• Roger Olson, who has held a personal grudge against John Piper for a long time, responds to Piper's claim that Arminianism is self-centered.
  
  
• In the comments section of that same post, Olson restates his belief that making God the author of sin "is the clear result of what high Calvinism teaches."
  
  
• Stand to Reason provides a helpful list of short apologetic videos.
  
  
• The whole Bible in one meal.
  
  
• William Birch insists that Christ "died for all people without distinction (2 Cor. 5:14-15), since no distinction is given anywhere in Scripture."

This Week in Calvinism - March 11, 2016

• 22% of Australians claim no religious affiliation. "So why is it that a sizeable minority (around 30%) of Australians oppose gay marriage, blame the poor for their own plight, and treat drug usage as a moral issue?" John Wilkins blames what he calls "secular Calvinism."
  
  
• Three gifts we need, but hate to receive: obstacles, suffering, and everyday irritation.
  
  
• Why do so many non-Calvinists identify as Calvinists? I'm sure Ronnie Rogers will tell us.
  
  
• Let's pack it in, fellow Calvinists. I just found out that there is no real scriptural support for Calvinism.
  
  
• How can sinful creatures please a holy God?
  
  
• Hurry! It's $5 Friday at Ligonier!

This Week in Calvinism - March 4, 2016

• Director Robert Eggers discusses his horror film The Witch: "The real world and the fairytale world were the same thing in the early modern period. That's really the most shocking thing: to understand the mindset in 17th century English Puritan Calvinism."
  
  
• Steven Anderson once again rants against Calvinism. Did you know the word "sovereign" doesn't appear in the Bible? Well, at least not in the one "true" Bible, the KJV.
  
  
• Jimmy Needham discusses how the doctrine of election saved him from depression.
  
  
• R. C. Sproul asks, "Is your Jesus too small?"
  
  
• Roger Olson believes in free will, but, "One thing all Christian agree about is that true freedom, the freedom of obedience and conformity to the image of Christ, is a gift of God’s grace that will only be complete in our heavenly glorification."