This series is from the From the Editor's Desk column of the Sword and Trumpet. The articles were co-authored by Paul Emerson and myself. The Synod of Dort adopted the Counter-Remonstrant views, securing a majority Calvinist position in the Dutch Reformed Church. As a result, much of the necessary balance was lost as the Remonstrant … Continue reading The Arminian/Calvinism Conflict and Why It Matters | Part Seven →

This series is from the From the Editor's Desk column of the Sword and Trumpet. The articles were co-authored by Paul Emerson and myself. The Synod of Dort (also known as the Synod of Dordrecht) met from November 13, 1618 to May 9, 1619. It was initiated by the Dutch Reformed Church to settle, among … Continue reading The Arminian/Calvinism Conflict and Why It Matters | Part Six →

This series is from the From the Editor's Desk column of the Sword and Trumpet. The articles were co-authored by Paul Emerson and myself. The social and historical context of the Synod of Dort must be considered before one can fully understand what took place during this set of meetings. This was a state church … Continue reading The Arminian/Calvinism Conflict and Why It Matters | Part Five →

This series is from the From the Editor's Desk column of the Sword and Trumpet. The articles were co-authored by Paul Emerson and myself. While the debate over God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility in salvation continued in various forms over the 1000+ years between Augustine and the Reformation, there is little to enhance this particular … Continue reading The Arminian/Calvinism Conflict and Why It Matters | Part Four →

This series is from the From the Editor's Desk column of the Sword and Trumpet. The articles were co-authored by Paul Emerson and myself. In this series on Arminianism vs Calvinism, we will attempt to briefly discuss Aurelius Augustine because of his contribution to the controversy by writing against the errors of Pelagius. Augustine was … Continue reading The Arminian/Calvinism Conflict and Why It Matters | Part Three →

This series is from the From the Editor's Desk column of the Sword and Trumpet. The articles were co-authored by Paul Emerson and myself. The theological disagreement that we know today as the Arminian/Calvinist controversy is an age-old schism. It first revealed itself in a major way through Pelagius (circa 354-418 AD). We will attempt … Continue reading The Arminian/Calvinism Conflict and Why It Matters | Part Two →

This series is from the From the Editor's Desk column of the Sword and Trumpet. The articles were co-authored by Paul Emerson and myself. Throughout church history the two truths of the free will of man and the sovereignty of God have often been presented as oppositional to one another. Whole systems of dogmatic theology … Continue reading The Arminian/Calvinism Conflict and Why It Matters | Part One →