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February 2026

February 02, 2026

Unregenerate Good Works in the Old Testament

. . . Over Against the Calvinist Notion of Total Depravity Calvinism teaches that...

January 2026

January 26, 2026

Unconditional Reprobation: Calvinist Biblical Prooftexts

I've already written a long article on Romans 9: the very favorite prooftext of...

January 25, 2026

Renowned Calvinists On Unconditional Reprobation

(Calvin, Beza, Turretin, Charles Hodge, Shedd, Warfield, Bavinck, Berkhof, Sproul, Grudem, Beeke, Horton) John...

January 23, 2026

Hellbound Because God Willed It? (vs. Allie Beth Stuckey)

This is the transcript of the initial presentation of the video, "Allie Beth Stuckey on...

January 23, 2026

Reply to a Calvinist Defender of Total Depravity

His words are in blockquotes below, time-stamped to the video, so you can find each...

January 21, 2026

Total Depravity Debunked by the Bible

This is the transcript of the initial presentation of the video with the same...

December 2025

December 28, 2025

Romans 9: Unanswerable Calvinist Prooftext?

Romans 9:13-24 (RSV) As it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."...

November 2024

November 21, 2024

Limited Atonement Biblical Arguments Refuted

33 NT Passages Against Limited Atonement and in Favor of Universal Atonement "Turretinfan" is a...

November 29, 2023

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Justification: A Catholic Perspective”

[completed on 8-30-23] This is a book in which I debate Brazilian Calvinist Francisco Tourinho...

June 2023

June 15, 2023

Reply to Hays’ “Biblical Calvinism” #4

Catholicism: The Elect Are Predestined; Reprobate in 1 Peter 2:8; God's Providence (We Agree!); False...

June 14, 2023

Reply to Hays’ “Biblical Calvinism” #3

Does God "Micromanage" Every Intent?; God Judges Assyria; Israel Judged in Isaiah 6; Predestined Crucifixion;...

June 13, 2023

Reply to Hays’ “Biblical Calvinism” #2

Sin & God's Providence; Does God Cause Infirmities & Send "Evil Spirits"?; Examples of God's...

June 12, 2023

Reply to Hays’ “Biblical Calvinism” #1

Preliminaries; God "Hardens" Hearts?; Few or Many Saved? The late Steve Hays (1959-2020) was a Calvinist...

July 2022

July 29, 2022

16th Century Calvinist, Lutheran, & Zwinglian Intolerance

The following are excerpts from a two-volume hardcover set that I have in my library:...

June 2022

June 16, 2022

Dialogue on Presuppositionalism with a Baptist

[originally from 10 June 2007] *** Reformed Baptist John Knight's words will be in blue....

June 08, 2022

Critique of Van Til’s Presuppositionalism

[originally from 23 October 2004] Words of Cornelius Van Til (1895-1987) will be in blue....

June 08, 2022

Critique of Presuppositionalism & Greg Bahnsen

[originally posted on 14 April 2007] The late Calvinist Greg L. Bahnsen (1948-1995) was an articulate...

February 2022

February 10, 2022

Calvinism: Tiny Minority Historically & Demographically

[see book and purchase info.] In a discussion on an atheist blog, I stated that...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

Hays’ Calvinist Prooftexts #4: Judgment of Assyria

The late Steve Hays was a Protestant Reformed, anti-Catholic apologist, very active online, who ran...

October 27, 2021

Hays’ Calvinist Prooftexts #3: Absalom’s Judgment

The late Steve Hays was a Protestant Reformed, anti-Catholic apologist, very active online, who ran...

October 25, 2021

Hays’ Calvinist Prooftexts #2: Eli’s Sons (1 Sam 2:25)

The late Steve Hays was a Protestant Reformed, anti-Catholic apologist, very active online, who ran...

October 23, 2021

Hays’ Calvinist Prooftexts #1: “Hardening Hearts”

The late Steve Hays was a Protestant Reformed, anti-Catholic apologist, very active online, who ran...

September 2021

September 01, 2021

Limited Atonement: Refutation of James White

This is a reply to an article by Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White: Was Anyone Saved at...

May 2021

May 21, 2021

Calvinist Irresistible Grace vs. the Bible

This is taken from Chapter 12 of my book, Biblical Catholic Salvation (2010), pages 115-129. ***** Charles...

January 2021

January 21, 2021

Bible vs. the Reformed Doctrine of Total Depravity

See book and purchase information for this book of mine (2010). This article is taken...

August 2020

August 25, 2020

Indulgences & Distribution of Grace (vs. Calvin #58)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

July 2020

July 24, 2020

Should We Pray for “All Men” (1 Tim 2:1) or Not?

Bible and Calvin Say Yes; Anti-Catholic Calvinist Ron Van Brenk Sez No In the course...

June 2020

June 27, 2020

Is God the Author of Evil? (vs. John Calvin)

[excerpt from my book, A Biblical Critique of Calvinism (Oct. 2012, 178p), pp. 13-22. Follow the...

June 24, 2020

“Turretinfan” Calls a Statue of Jesus Christ an “Idol”

. . . While His Buddy Bishop James White Praises the Statues of "Reformers" Calvin,...

June 24, 2020

Does God “Want” Men to Sin? Does He “Ordain” Sin?

I've often heard Calvinists deny that they believe God is the author of sin, and...

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