SEA member John Wagner recently sent a letter to Dr. R. C. Sproul Sr. in response to issues with Sproul’s well-known book Chosen By God. Here is the letter: JohnWagner_LetterTo_RCSproul
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Remonstrance Episode #9: Ten Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Arminianism
If you cannot see the web player above follow this link: Remonstrance Episode #9 In this episode we will be reading through and discussing some important points that Dr. Joseph Dongell brings up in his article…
Remonstrance Episode #8: Reformation Day 2016
Happy Reformation Day! In this episode we will be examining how the theologies of Jacob Arminius and John Wesley were aligned with the Five Solas of the Protestant Reformation: Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola Scriptura,…
Does Paul Support Calvinism’s View of Irresistible Grace in 1 Cor. 4:7?
The following is a comment I made in response to a Calvinist appealing to 1 Cor. 4:7 to show that unless faith is an irresistible gift from God, it would give us reason to boast. Links to…
Remonstrance Minisode 16: Sola Fide With Wesley
If you cannot see the web player above follow this link: Remonstrance Minisode 16 Happy Reformation Month! We are counting down the days to the 499th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation! Why?…
Andrew C. Thompson, “Practical Divinity: John Wesley and the Power of Christian Doctrine”
Please click on the link to view Andrew C. Thompson, “Practical Divinity: John Wesley and the Power of Christian Doctrine.”
On Assurance of Salvation and Calvin’s “Evanescent Grace”
Calvinist blogger C Michael Patton from Credo House writes (Link): It may surprise you to know that just about every contact I have had with people who are doubting their salvation are Calvinistic in their…
Man Goes Bankrupt After Refusing to Sign Check
Local resident Calvin deKlein declared bankruptcy today after refusing to sign a check that would have paid off the debt for him. deKlein was reportedly heard muttering, “If I sign the check, it means I…
Scott E. Bryant, “The Awakening of the Freewill Baptists: Benjamin Randall and the Founding of an American Religious Tradition”
This is the author’s Baylor University PhD dissertation. Please click on the link to view Scott E. Bryant, “The Awakening of the Freewill Baptists: Benjamin Randall and the Founding of an American Religious Tradition” (PhD dissertation;…
Remonstrance Minisode 15: Arminius on Predestination (Part 2)
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Minisode 15 We will be diving into two private disputations by Arminius on this minisode. The first is Private Disputation 40: “On the Predestination…
Arminian and Baptist: An Interview with Matt Pinson by Jackson Watts
Please click on the link to access the interview. Here is Jackson Watts introduction to the interview: Arminianism has enjoyed something of a renewal of interest in theological discussions in the last decade. This interest…
Two Book Reviews of Matt Pinson’s Arminian and Baptist at the Helwys Society Forum
Here are two book reviews of Matt Pinson, Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition that were posted at the Helwys Society Forum: (1) Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition: A Book Review by Dustin…
Remonstrance Minisode 14: Arminius on Predestination (Part 1)
If you can’t see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Minisode 14 This minisode will kick off a three podcast series that will examine what Arminius had to say about the Doctrine of Predestination….
From Cage-stage to “Arminian Calvinist or a Calvinistic Arminian”: Charles Spurgeon’s theological journey
On Twitter, I recently got into an exchange with someone who posted Spurgeon’s troubling statement: I do not serve the god of the Arminians at all! I have nothing to do with him and I…
So What Is the Atonement Debate Really About?
All footnote links lead back to the original post. In the Arminian/Calvinism debate, the most aggravating topic for me has been the Atonement debate. Calvinists will argue that Christ died only for the elect…
Remonstrance Episode #6: What Is the Will of God?
If you can’t see the player above follow this link to the episode: Remonstrance Episode #6 This episode of Remonstrance is entirely devoted to the question, “What is the will of God?” We first discuss…
Roger Olson, “Would Someone Please Rein in Some of the ‘Young Calvinists?'”
[Editor’s note: In a couple spots, editorial additions have been added: a strikethrough was added to a typo, and words the author obviously meant to include have been added in brackets.] For those of you…
Who Speaks For Arminianism
[All footnotes link to the original post] What is Arminianism? This sounds like it should be a simple matter. Simply look it up a dictionary and read what’s there. But there is a problem….
Remonstrance Minisode 13: Arminius on the Will of God (Part 2)
If you cannot see the player above follow this link to the episode: Remonstrance Minisode 13 This minisode is the second in a three podcast series where we will be asking the question, “what is the…
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