From Rev. Richard Watson’s sermon, “God With Us”, preached in August, 1829 (bold mine): “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being,” Acts xviii, 28. […] The question, whether we are left…
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Rejecting Calvinism| Dr. Brian Abasciano & Leighton Flowers Discuss Their Differences
The following video has SEA president Brian Abasciano and Provisionist founder Leighton Flowers discuss how Provisionism and Arminianism differ. The video can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/g4rMIt34ka4.
The Good Fight Radio Show: “Grace, Faith, and Free Will with Dr. Robert Picirilli”
From the show description: On today’s episode we welcome special guest Dr. Robert Picirilli, former Dean and Professor at Welch College and former Freewill Baptist minister who has written extensively on how Calvinist doctrine is…
Richard Coords, “Grace”
What is God’s grace? It is several things. It includes the fact that Jesus died for you, so that your sins can be forgiven, if you will meet His condition of placing your faith and…
Brian Shelton, “Prevenient Grace: Two Helpful Distinctions”
Please click on the link to read Brian Shelton, “Prevenient Grace: Two Helpful Distinctions”, available online from Seedbed.com. Dr. Shelton is also the author of Prevenient Grace: God’s Provision for Fallen Humanity (Francis Asbury Press,…
Does John 6:37 Support Calvinism?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace, Part 5: Is Wesleyan Prevenient Grace Biblical?”
Please follow the links below to listen to Holy Joys Podcast: “Is Wesleyan Prevenient Grace Biblical? (Part 5)“: Apple Podcasts Stitcher From the Holy Joys website: In this final episode of a series on prevenient…
Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace, Part 4: Pelagianism, Revival Theology, and Charles Finney”
Please follow the links below to listen to Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace in Pope, Pelagianism, Revival Theology, and Charles Finney (Part 4)“: Apple Podcasts Stitcher From the Holy Joys website: In this episode, David…
Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace, Part 3: God Alone Initiates Faith”
Please follow the links below to listen to Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace and William Burt Pope, Part 3: God Alone Initiates Faith“: Apple Podcasts Stitcher From the Holy Joys website: In this episode, David…
Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace, Part 2: Recapitulation; Christ’s Atonement for Humanity”
Please follow the links below to listen to Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace in Pope, Recapitulation (Part 2)“: Apple Podcasts Stitcher Show description: In this episode, Johnathan Arnold and David Fry continue to discuss prevenient…
Richard Coords, “Evanescent Grace”
Evanescent Grace John Calvin taught a doctrine known as Evanescent Grace which Calvinists nearly universally denounce, though without providing an alternative explanation. The basis for the doctrine was to explain why the non-elect sometimes take…
Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace, Part 1: William Burt Pope; Wesleyan & Calvinist Differences”
Please follow the links below to listen to Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace and William Burt Pope (Part 1)“: Apple Podcasts Stitcher From the Holy Joys website: This is the first episode in a series…
Richard Coords, “Doctrines of Grace”
The term “Doctrines of Grace” is a title Calvinists often use to identify their distinctive doctrines under the acronym for TULIP, such as signifying their belief in Elective Grace, Atoning Grace, Irresistible Grace and Persevering…
William Burt Pope, “Prevenient Grace” in A Compendium of Christian Theology, Vol. II (1877)
“This grace as the influence of the Spirit on the minds of men generally and of individual men before their personal acceptance is described in various ways. These may be classed as, first, referring to the…
E. Norman Brush, “Prevenient Grace In The Book Of Acts”
The grace of God that comes to a person before the new birth to awaken and arrest him to unseen realities and causes him to see his sinfulness and helpless estate is sometimes call prevenient…
James Arminius on Original Sin: A Few Quotes
Did Arminius affirm “original sin?” What effect did Arminius think Adam’s sin had on later humankind? Here are a few excerpts from The Works of James Arminius: In Volume 2, Disputation 31 “On the Effects…
Robert L. Brush, “Prevenient Grace”
Definition The moving of the Holy Spirit upon the heart before the new birth. The importance of understanding the doctrine This doctrine of the holy Scriptures is a very comforting and encouraging truth when properly…
Thomas A. Noble, “Grace and Election in the Theology of John Wesley and T.F. Torrance”
Please click on the link to read Thomas A. Noble, “Grace and Election in the Theology of John Wesley and T.F. Torrance”, available in PDF online from Participatio: Journal of the T. F. Torrance Theological…
Arminianism
[Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of a book by a Traditionalist/Provisionist author and an Arminian (see the reference at the end of the article). SEA publishes a variety of perspectives and sometimes non-Arminians when…
How Do You Explain the Radical Diversity of Beliefs Between Well Intentioned, Thoughtful People Who See the Same Evidence?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
