Libertarian Free Will

Wes Widner on November 15th, 2010

Here is a great question I received recently via Facebook I’ve been thinking about libertarian freedom lately. What exactly does “nature” mean? 1. The compatibilist says we can only act according to our nature, while the libertarian says we can act against it. If our nature is to sin, then couldn’t we come to Christ [...]

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Wes Widner on July 14th, 2010

As I’ve been reading through the excellent rebuttal to 5 point Calvinism, Whosoever Will, I ran across a section that listed (with more explanation that I plan to give here, so buy the book if you want to learn more) a several key texts that provide evidence that God’s will is indeed resistible: Prov 1:22-26 Hos 11:1-9 [...]

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Wes Widner on January 25th, 2010

I recently debated the relationship between libertarian freedom and God’s sovereignty with a dean of a reformed seminary in Colorado Springs. During our discussion He told me that libertarian freedom is a myth. Here’s my response: To claim that libertarian free will is a myth is to introduce a logical paradox in that we disagree, [...]

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