The Friday Files compiles posts from Arminian and other non-Calvinist bloggers from round the globe, and highlights older SEA posts. Names in green indicate SEA members. Inclusion isn’t necessarily endorsement. Blame K.W. Leslie for the…
Monthly Archives For September 2017
An Objection To Premise 3 Of The Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism
[All links are in the following post are external] Recently, I posted an argument for Arminianism that combined philosophy and scripture to support its premises called “A Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism”. (MGA). The premise got to…
A Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism
Does God love all people? Does He desire that all people be saved? Did He die on the cross to atone for the sins of all people? I would answer “Yes” to all of the…
5 Arguments For The Existence Of Free Will
Free Will is a topic debated among Christians and even some non-Christians. The Christians who affirm that men have free will in the libertarian sense are Arminians, Molinists, and Open Theists. Christians who deny free…
Friday Files, 22 Sep 17
The Friday Files compiles posts from Arminian and other non-Calvinist bloggers from round the globe, and highlights older SEA posts. Names in green indicate SEA members. Inclusion isn’t necessarily endorsement. Blame K.W. Leslie for the…
Remonstrance Episode 13: Saving Faith
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Episode 13 In this episode we will discuss the doctrine of saving faith in the thought of Jacob Arminius and John Wesley. The episode…
Meditate on the Power of God
By Stacy J. Ross, from https://stacyjross.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/meditate-on-the-power-of-god/ There will be many times in life where the circumstances of our lives are out of our control but they are never out of God’s control. So instead of focusing…
Creeds: An Imperative by Scot McKnight
Some pastors, preachers, professors, and parishioners will announce they have “no creed but the Bible.” Last year’s very substantive discussion/debate about the sub-orthodoxy of eternal subordinationists, like Wayne Grudem, Bruce Ware, Owen Strachan and others,…
“Arminianism Is Grace-centered Christian Theology” by Roger Olson
“Arminianism Is Grace-centered Christian Theology” Roger E. Olson The Martin McCullough Lecture First Baptist Church of Murfreesboro, Tennessee September 10, 2017 The first Baptists, led by English Independent, Separatist, Congregationalist pastors John Smyth and Thomas…
Friday Files (9/15/2017)
The Friday Files compiles posts from Arminian and other non-Calvinist bloggers from round the globe, and highlights older SEA posts. Names in green indicate SEA members. Inclusion isn’t necessarily endorsement. Blame K.W. Leslie for the…
Remonstrance Minisode 25: Wesley on Faith
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Minisode 25 In this episode we will be reading through a portion of John Wesley’s sermon “Salvation By Faith” to start getting some insight into…
Resisting God’s calling—Exodus 4:1-17
By Dr. Craig Keener
When God calls Moses to confront Pharaoh, God not only promises to be with Moses; he also gives Moses a sign to confirm that God is with him. Unfortunately, this first-offered sign will be obvious…
Steve Sewell, “True Israel – True Election” [Eph 1:4]
All Scripture quotations are from the 1901 American Standard Version unless otherwise noted. Introduction While most would agree that Christ is central in both Old and New Testaments, we would not be wrong in…
Richard Watson on “Who Maketh Thee to Differ From Another?” as an Argument for Calvinism
1 Corinthians 4:7, “For who maketh thee to differ from another?” The context shows that the apostle was here endeavoring to repress that ostentation which had arisen among many persons in the Church of Corinth,…
Friday Files (9/8/2017)
The Friday Files compiles posts from Arminian and other non-Calvinist bloggers from round the globe, and highlights older SEA posts. Names in green indicate SEA members. Inclusion isn’t necessarily endorsement. Blame K.W. Leslie for the…
Remonstrance Minisode 24: Arminius on Faith
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Minisode 24 This minisode will launch a three podcast series that will explore the theme of the gift of faith in the thought of…
Early Anabaptist theologian Balthasar Hubmaier on Prevenient Grace
Earlier this year I began researching early Anabaptist theologian Balthasar Hubmaier (1480 – 1528). Here is a portion of his treatise Freedom of the Will, II where he clearly affirms what would later be called…
Romans 11:33-36 – Why is Paul So Full of Praise?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways….
Early Arminian Baptist Thomas Grantham on God’s Permission vs Decree (1678)
Here is early English Arminian Baptist church planter and preacher Thomas Grantham on God’s providence and permission, from his 1678 work Christianismus Primitivus: Sect. XIII. Nothing can be done without God’s Providence, though contrary to…
The Friday Files
The Friday Files compiles links to posts from Arminian and other non-Calvinistic bloggers from around the globe, and highlights older posts from SEA. Inclusion of a link here does not necessarily mean the linked material…
