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…
Prevenient Grace
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…
Robert L. Brush, “A Biblical Concept of a Just God”
In studying the attributes of God, we conclude that God has natural and moral attributes. Besides being omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, He is also holy, good, and just. A just God! God always does what…
Thank God for His Prevenient Grace
To do the work needed on our vehicle, part of the dash had to be removed. Jeff was the technician that did the work. He was quite personable. When I picked up the vehicle, Jeff…
How Come John 10:26 Says, “You Don’t Believe Because You Are Not My Sheep,” Instead of, “You Are Not My Sheep Because You Do Not Believe?”
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…
H.A. Ironside comments on Prevenient Grace and “Sanctification of the Spirit”
“In all these passages [1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:2, and Romans 15:16] it is of the utmost importance, in order to rightly apprehend the truth intended to be conveyed, to observe…
David Fry, “God’s Gracious Provision: A Theological Defense of the Wesleyan Concept of Prevenient Grace”
Please click on the link to open a PDF copy of David Fry, “God’s Gracious Provision: A Theological Defense of the Wesleyan Concept of Prevenient Grace”, a paper from 2014 Aldersgate Forum, and made available…
Johnathan Arnold, “10 Things You Should Know About Prevenient Grace”
Please click on the link to read Johnathan Arnold, “10 Things You Should Know About Prevenient Grace”: Johnathan Arnold, “10 Things You Should Know About Prevenient Grace”
Dan Sheffield, “Mission, Witness and Prevenient Grace”
Please click on the link to read Dan Sheffield, “Mission, Witness and Prevenient Grace”, available from the author’s blog: Dan Sheffield, “Mission, Witness and Prevenient Grace” Related posts: How Prevenient Grace Shapes Our Missional…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 3: John Hendryx Concedes That it is a Plain “Fact” that Faith Precedes Regeneration
[You can find part one of this series here, and part two here] John Hendryx continues his response to the “synergist” visitor: Finally, your attempt to overturn the doctrine of total depravity relies entirely too…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 2: Dead Reckoning
Continuing from Part 1… Hendryx begins his response to the visitor: (John) Dear Brother …You say, “monergists take the ‘dead in sin’ phrase too far” but, I would turn that around to say that you…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 1: What Does it Mean to be “Dead in Sin?”
Calvinist John Hendryx takes a “synergist” to task in an article entitled Can We Make an Exact Analogy Between Unbelievers’ who are “Dead in Sin” and Believers who are “Dead to Sin”?(Excerpts From Debate in…
What Do Arminians Believe About the Natural Condition of Man and About Grace?
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. The following is a…
Friday Files: Prevenient Grace.
It’s the Friday Files, SEA’s regular dig though our archives, ’cause not everybody realizes just what’s in there! SEA members’ names are in blue, and just to remind you—the views expressed in any articles and…
Clive Burrows, “Prevenient Grace: A Wesleyan Perspective on Mission”
Please click on the PDF link below to view Clive Burrows, “Prevenient Grace: A Wesleyan Perspective on Mission“ (1998), from Proceedings of the First European Nazarene Theology Conference, 16–19 April 1998 Büsingen, Germany, “Towards a…
Remonstrance Featured On Daily Reformation Podcast
Links to Listen: Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Ben and Vin from Remonstrance had the opportunity to be interviewed by Jason Barefoot from Daily Reformation Podcast. We had a great time discussing theology with our Reformed…
Remonstrance Episode 87: Arminian Scholarship with Richie Clark (Part 2)
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the second part in a three part series where we interview Arminian scholar Richie Clark about current…
Addressing Ed Dingess’ Critique Of My Prevenient Grace Article
I recently was contacted by a theologian named Ed Dingess who runs the website www.reformedreasons.com letting me know that he had wrote a “refutation” of my Maximally Great Argument against Calvinism, and if you’ve been…
Arminian Essentials: Prevenient Grace
Calvinists sometimes argue that prevenient grace is not grounded in scripture. In this video, Dr. Matt O’Reilly explains how prevenient grace is clearly seen in two 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 and Acts 2:37-38. Matt O’Reilly (PhD,…
Common Grace and Prevenient Grace: What’s the Difference?
Many people think “common grace” and “prevenient grace” are two ways of talking about the same idea. In this video, SEA member Matt O’Reilly explains the crucial difference between the two and why the Arminian…
