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,…
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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?…
Remonstrance Episode #4: Justification and Imputation
If you can’t see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Episode 4 This episode is entirely devoted to the Doctrine of Justification with specific emphasis on what Wesley and Arminius had to say about…
Remonstrance Minisode 9: Wesley on Imputation
If you can’t see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Minisode 9 In this minisode we will be mostly reading John Wesley’s sermon, “The Lord Our Righteousness” to investigate his views on Imputation. If…
Roger Olson’s– ‘Arminian Theology’– Part Sixteen (Final)
BEN: When the Gospel of Matthew presents us with Jesus saying that he is submitting to baptism to ‘fulfill all righteousness’ he is of course talking about the righteousness that comes from obedience to the…
Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 15”
BEN: Your discussion of open theism is interesting, and I wonder if since your book was published (2006), you’ve settled the matter in your mind. For my part, I have rejected open theism. I think…
Remonstrance Minisode 8: Arminius on Imputation
If you can’t see the player above just follow this link to listen to this episode: Remonstrance Minisode 8 In this minisode we will be looking at Arminius on the Doctrine of Imputation within his…
Remonstrance Minisode 7: Arminius on the Atonement
If you can’t see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Minisode 7 In this minisode we will begin exploring what Arminius taught on the Doctrine of the Atonement. It is clear that Arminius did…
Remonstrance Episode #1: The Arminian Remonstrance of 1610
If you can’t see the player above just follow this link to listen to this episode: Remonstrance Episode 1 This is our first full length episode of Remonstrance Podcast! On this episode we discuss the five…
Remonstrance Minisode 3: What Were the Views of John Wesley in Regards to Justification by Faith?
ut If you can’t see the player above just follow this link to listen to this episode: Remonstrance Minisode 3 In this minisode we will be looking at what John Wesley taught about the doctrine of Justification…
Remonstrance Podcast Minisode 2: What Did Jacob Arminius Have to Say About Justification by Faith?
If you can’t see the player above just follow this link to listen to this episode: Remonstrance Podcast Minisode 2 On this second minisode we will discuss what Jacob Arminius believed about the doctrine of Justification…
Are We Justified By Faith Alone?
Are we justified (made right with God) by faith alone? Or are we saved by faith, plus something else? Like maybe baptism, worshipping on a certain day, not doing certain things and/or being sure to…
Ben Witherington and Keith Stanglin, Jacob Arminius, Theologian of Grace – Part Twelve
BEN: What Arminius has to say about final justification seems to exclude the idea that works of piety and charity have anything to do with it (rather he opts for simple persevering in the faith…
Ben Witherington and Keith Stanglin, Jacob Arminius, Theologian of Grace – Part Ten
KEITH: Arminius did agree that the righteousness resulting from this reckoning comes to believers on the basis of Christ’s righteous obedience to the Father. Thus, in a sense, it is Christ’s righteousness that is imputed…
Ben Witherington and Keith Stanglin, Jacob Arminius, Theologian of Grace – Part Nine
BEN: One of the things that is not clear to me from reading your book is the relationship between the Holy Spirit and prevenient grace in the thought of Arminius. Does by grace Arminius simply…
Brandon Greene, “The Grace of God: Uniting God and Man”
The Grace of God: Uniting God and Man The grace of God is the chief attribute of God’s nature, by which Man may be united in fellowship with Him. As such, the chief attribute is…
Joshua Thibodaux, The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #10: Wait, Now Faith is a “Work?”
Related Fallacies: Equivocation Category Mistake “[Arminianism] denies sola fide (faith alone) by changing the character of faith so that it is basically a work.” (Rev. Richard Phillips [Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals], Is Arminianism a Biblical…
Roy Ingle, “Justification Through Continued Faith”
Over and over again we read in the New Testament that God justifies the sinner not based on works but by faith. Romans 5:1 declares, “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have…
J. Matthew Pinson, “Listening to Arminius–and Not Just His Opponents–on Justification”
I often enjoy reading Reformation21, a blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. But I recently read a blog post by Mark Jones entitled “Arminian vs. Reformed on Justification” that diverged from the very careful…
Roger Olson, “Arminius’s Reformed Doctrine of Justification”
This should be read ONLY in light of my previous post here “Arminian Doctrine of Justification Again Disputed” (May 28, 2015). There I expressed dismay at the continuing Reformed misrepresentation of Arminius’s and classical Arminians’…
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