Winsome Intellectual Arminians

[Jared]

I was wondering how many winsome intellectual Arminians you that you guys know about. I can name a few:

Jack Hayford
Roger Olson
Mark Rutland
Gordon Fee

Could you guys add any more to this list?

 

[Blue Tick]

I wouldn't classify them as winsome, but intellectual.

Norman Geisler

William Lane Craig

J.P. Moreland

 

[Theogenes]

I think Jacob Arminius was winsome...
Although, a heretic....
That's what makes heretics so dangerous...their winsomeness....

 

[Dearly Bought]

Craig Keener and Ron Sider. They both live their lives in an honorable manner and are highly studied men of great intellect.

 

[SolaScriptura]

Grant Osborne. Few men have as impeachable a character as he.

 

[puritanpilgrim]

Ravi Zacharias. A master of sermon illustrations. And a man who shows the futility of relativism in the light of of God's word, in a manner that is palatable to the average person.

 

[Willem van Oranje]

I was wondering how many winsome intellectual Arminians you that you guys know about. I can name a few:

Jack Hayford
Roger Olson
Mark Rutland
Gordon Fee

Could you guys add any more to this list?

Dr. Brian Abasciano, Pastor at Faith community church in Hampton, NH. Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Tim Laniak, professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC

 

[Jake]

A. W. Pink

Edit: I was not thinking and meant A. W. Tozer. Leaving his name up for those who quoted to note that this very Calvinistic theologian was indeed *not* an Arminian.

 

[puritanpilgrim]

A. W. Pink

Pink was not an Arminian. He wrote the book, "The Sovereignty of God." Perhaps you meant Tozer?

 

[Skyler]

I concur with William Lane Craig. He's one of my favorite winsome Arminians. =)

 

[christiana]

A. W. Pink

Reading Pink's book, The Sovereignty of God, was instrumental in bringing me to the doctrines of grace. A real 'wow' book!!

 

[DMcFadden]

How about Thomas Oden, of paleo-orthodoxy fame, editor of the IVP Ancient Christian Commentaries.

 

[LeeD]

Dr. Michael Brown, who recently did a brief (internet radio style) debate with Dr. James White.

 

[torstar]

How about Thomas Oden, of paleo-orthodoxy fame, editor of the IVP Ancient Christian Commentaries.

haven't been tempted enough to read his Systematic Theology

i'll add that 10 shekels and a shirt is a great Arminian sermon

 

[BlackCalvinist]

A. W. Pink

?????

 

[Jake]

Wow guys!! I completely meant A. W. Tozer!! Sorry for the confusion!

I have read Pink and he is one of the most Calvinistic guys I've read. I just got confused with A. W. I suppose as I've read both. Sorry for that. :-(

 

[Mushroom]

Pink was neither arminian nor winsome. I've heard his style referred to as 'kamakazi' and 'take-no-prisoners', but I love it.

 

[Jared]

Isn't Norman Geisler like a 3-point Calvinist?

 

[torstar]

Isn't Norman Geisler like a 3-point Calvinist?

I recall Geisler's claim was a "moderate" Calvinism

those better in the know than I have pegged him at anywhere from .25 to 2.375 points of TULIP.

not sure how anything shy of 5 points even puts you on the on-ramp to the superhighway of the writer of the Institutes [shrug]

 

[SouthernSaint]

From my Tozer books it seems like he skirted the debate. In the Tozer biography, "In Pursuit of God, The Life of A.W. Tozer":

• On page 132 it mentions he counseled a seminary student to avoid Arminianism / Calvinism debates
• On page 155 Tozer is quoted saying that he appreciates the ministry and fellowship of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and that he holds just about the same position as him on spiritual matters.
• On page 202 Tozer is quoted saying, "I'm a Calvinist when I pray and an Arminian when I preach."

 

[torstar]

Pink was neither arminian nor winsome. I've heard his style referred to as 'kamakazi' and 'take-no-prisoners', but I love it.

heard a bit of a bio on him on some podcast the other day

apparently he wound up socially isolating himself

great writings for us to enjoy though

 

[BlackCalvinist]

Geisler is a .5 point Calvinist. The only thing he believes in from the 5 points is 'Once Saved Always Saved' (HALF of the Perseverance of the Saints).

 

[Jared]

I like Tozer but I'm not really sure where he stands. I think I remember reading that the man that started the denomination that he was a part of, the Christian & Missionary Alliance, was a Presbyterian who became a Pentecostal. His name was A.B. Simpson. According to wikipedia,

The young Albert was raised in a strict Calvinistic Scottish Presbyterian and Puritan tradition. His conversion of faith began under the ministry of Henry Grattan Guinness, a visiting evangelist from Ireland during the revival of 1859.