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~HISTORIC ARMINIAN AUTHORS AND DOCUMENTS~

    5 Points of the Remonstrants and a brief history

    Arminian Confession of Faith, The (1622) This is an excerpt of the famous Confession of the Remonstrant Pastors that was written shortly after the Synod of Dort to make a clear statement of the Remonstrant faith and correct misrepresentations of the Remonstrants' faith published in the Acts of the Synod of Dort (published in Latin as Acta Synodi Nationalis). As soon as a public domain English translation of the Confession becomes available, we will make it available here. The full Latin text of the Confession including a parallel English translation is available through Pickwick Publications under the title The Arminian Confession of 1621 (ISBN: 1-59752-337-2).

    The Arminian Magazine: The Fundamental Wesleyan Society

    Baptist Library Online - You will find books here related to the General and Free Will Baptists. These writings date back to John Smyth and Thomas Helwys in 1611. They stem from the English General Baptist, American General Baptist and Free Will Baptist traditions.

    Dictionary of Methodism - Online, searchable and expanded version of the current printed volume.

    Godrules - Searchable works of many classical Christian authors including James Arminius, John Wesley and Adam Clarke

    Google Books - Works of James Arminius with footnotes by James Nichols – 1828

    Grantham Institute - Historically the Free Will Baptists, English General Baptists and American General Baptists have followed the course laid out by John Smyth, Thomas Helwys and others beginning in 1611. Their theology of salvation was essentially Arminian in nature and closely resembled the teachings of Jacoubus Arminius in Holland. This site explores both historical and contemporary themes on this site and encourage your serious and avid participation in both the issues of theology and ministry and how they relate to both the modern Arminian Baptist and Evangelical church.

    Independent Methodist Arminian Resource Center (IMARC)

    Objections to CALVINISM as it is by Randolph S. Foster(1820-1903)

    Remonstrant Artwork – in Dutch, but hundreds of paintings regarding the Remonstrants

    Wesley Center for Applied Theology - Works of James Arminius, John Wesley’s sermons, notes on the scripture and other writings, Charles Wesley’s hymns, H. Orton Wiley’s systematic theology, Richard Watson, John Fletcher the Holiness Classics Library and more.

    Volume 1 and Volume 2 of William Burt Pope's systmatic theology.

~CURRENT REMONSTRATION - WEBSITES DEFENDING ARMINIANISM~

    Arguments against Calvinism - short paper contains a list of common-sense and biblical arguments against Calvinism.

    Arminian Theological Resources - Robert L. Hamilton’s essays and devotionals posted to serve as a resource for pastors and other Christian teachers and students of the Bible who wish to explore or defend an Arminian-Reformed interpretation of Scripture.

    Arminian Theology - This site attempts to address, from a biblical perspective, questions relating to predestination and freewill.

    Arminianism – brief history and definition of Arminianism.

    Armini.us - The purpose of the Armini.us website ministry is to unite all followers of the Arminian-Wesleyan doctrines of grace and God’s redeeming and transforming love. . . . The vision here is to provide an ever more comprehensive destination site for all groups ministering in this world in a Wesleyan way.

    Biblical Theology - investigates theological issues and their relationship to the Bible. Contains articles on Sin, The Atonement, Calvinism/Arminianism and more.

    Calvinism Critiqued by a Former Calvinist – Not 100% Arminian, but makes some good points about Calvinism.

    Calvinism Examined - The purpose of this examination is to embrace the Apostle Paul’s words at 1st Thessalonians 5:21 which states: “Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.” Calvinism Examined has numerous articles and explanations of various scriptures that come up in the Calvinism/Arminianism debate.

    Chris Skinner – Not Arminian, but contains articles explain various passages used by Calvinists in a non-Calvinist way.

    Church of God Reformation – Articles on predestination, perseverance and other topics under “Articles and Books”.

    Crisis Publishing – Arguments against Calvinism with a heavy emphasis on Greek grammar. Warning!!! This site calls Calvinism another Gospel, which is not a view held by SEA.

    Eternal Security - The purpose of this web site is to cause the believer in Christ to examine what the Bible says about sin and security, and to encourage them not to base their eternal souls on what some Christian teacher or theologian thinks about it. One thing for sure, we will answer to the God of holiness on Judgment Day, and not that teacher or theologian!

    Inplainsite – Apologetics and articles on Calvinism/Arminianism.

    Pristine Faith Restoration Society – Doctrinal Studies including Calvinism/Arminianism, Commentaries, Translation Projects and discussion forums.

    Wikipedia on Arminianism – Great series of articles on Arminianism. Check out the “Also see” section for related articles.

~ARMINIAN COMMUNITY - BLOGS FROM AN ARMINIAN PERSPECTIVE~

~ARMINIAN AUDIO FILES~

    IMARC Audio Files - An Arminian site with a few free mp3 files. There is an excellent audio critique of Calvinism by Dr. Jerry Walls (co-author of Why I'm not a Calvinist). There are several sermons by Dr. Vic Reasoner, who helps produce The Arminian Magazine. In addition, there are 4 John Wesley sermons that have been narrated by Rev. D. Crossman.

    Reclaiming the Mind Ministries - interview with Roger Olson (author of Arminian Theology - Myths and Realities)

    Iron Sharpens Iron - (a Calvinist leaning radio show) ran a five day debate entitled: "The DOCTRINES of SOVEREIGN GRACE: Biblical Truths or Dangerous Fallacies". There are mp3 links available on the site. Opposing Calvinism is DR. F. LaGARD SMITH author of Troubling Questions For Calvinists. Defending Calvinism is DR. LAWRENCE W. CARRINO.

    Steve Gregg - The Narrow Path - Steve has done a 9 part series entitled "God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Salvation" (available HERE). He has also done a verse by verse exposition of Romans 9 (available HERE). Note Steve isn’t fully Arminian – he holds different views of depravity and original sin, but his argumentation against Calvinism is solid non-the-less.

    Steve Gregg / James White debate - Gregg and White did a 5 day simulcast debate on the issue of Calvinism. Dates of the debate are April 3,4,7,8,9 2008. (Again Gregg isn’t fully Arminian)

    Thomas Road Baptist Church April 9, 2006 Ergun Caner - Why I Am Predestined Not to Be A Hyper Calvinist. Dr Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Theological Seminary (a Southern Baptist Seminary) speaks on the topic of "Hyper Calvinism", and why he's not a hyper Calvinist. The passage he preaches from is 1 Timothy 2:1-8. Caner defines a hyper-calvinist as one who believes in reprobation, infant damnation, has an apathy towards missions, and is against public invitations to accept Christ.

    Arminius - The Scapegoat of Calvinism - A presentation by Dr. Vic Reasoner. He explains the historical background for Arminianism. He argues that Arminius and Wesley have often been misrepresented by their critics. He addresses three misrepresentations: that Arminians do not hold to total depravity, that they hold to the absolute free will of man, and that they promote a works salvation.

    Why I Am Not A 5 Point Calvinist - A sermon from Dr. Norman Geisler where he explains why he is not a Calvinist. Geisler is enjoyable to listen to, and he explains the problems with Calvinism in terms that are easily understood by the layman. He gives a number of good analogies. When it comes to Calvinism/Arminianism, Geisler is neither fish nor fowl, as he tries to split the middle. He does make some interesting points.

    Gurney Lectures on Evangelism - (March 2nd - 4th). Dr Patterson preaches a three part series at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary on the topics of the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man. Patterson is the current president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.

    Palmer Lectures in Wesleyan Studies - Seattle Pacific University has a series of audio links from a Wesleyan view. SPU is affiliated with the Free Methodist denomination. Thomas Oden has a good series on historical Christianity. Not all speakers are Classical Arminian - Pinnock (for example) is an Open Theist.

    Asbury Theological Seminary - Asbury has audio podcasts of their chapel services. Asbury is an inter-denominational seminary in the Wesleyan-Arminian Tradition.

    William Lane Craig Podcascts - Regular podcasts of Dr. Craig's Defenders Class and of his conversational program "Reasonable Faith". Craig is an advocate of Middle Knowledge (Molinism).

    The Berean Call - A fellow named Jesse Larsen has put together some mp3 links from The Berean Call (a Christian radio show) when they have addressed the issue of Calvinism. There are a number of topics, most fairly short in length (under 10 minutes or so) He also has a link to a sermon by Bob Hoekstra entitled "The Sovereignty Of God And The Responsibility Of Man". The Berean Call is a radio show hosted by Dave Hunt and T.A. McMahon. They are non-Calvinists who hold to eternal security. Bob Hoekstra is a pastor with Calvary Chapel, and is also involved in prison ministries.

    George Bryson - A three part series that criticizes Calvinism. Bryson is associated with Calvary Chapel. He considers himself non-Calvinist, but not Arminian.

    In Search of Truth - The website In Search of Truth has a 4 part series by Bob Waldron critiquing Calvinism. Waldron is a pastor/professor/missionary who comes from a Church of Christ background. Reservations: He argues from a Semi-Pelagian view, and also has strong denominational opinions unique to the Church of Christ (baptism, and instruments).

~READING SUGGESTIONS~

~APOLOGETICS~

~BIBLE STUDY TOOLS~

    New Testament Gateway – Comprehensive and award winning web directory of internet resources on the New Testament, maintained by Dr. Mark Goodacre.

    Old Testament Gateway – A comprehensive, annotated, academic directory of internet sites on the Old Testament.

    Resources for New Testament Exegesis – Excellent annotated list of resources maintained by Dr. Roy Ciampa of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

    Bible.org – Numerous bible study tools and home of the NET Bible project.

    Christianity.com’s Bible Study Tools – Searchable bible in multiple languages and versions, commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, church history and more.

    The Blue Letter Bible – Numerous bible study tools including original language resources, searchable Bible with various versions available, commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, charts, outlines, timelines, and more.

    E-sword - free downloadable bible study software.

    Unbound Bible – Searchable bible in multiple languages including Greek NT with parsing and Septuagint with parsing.

~Seminaries~
While the SEA does not officially endorse any particular school, this list is provided to help potential students identify avenues of study which are in keeping with an Arminian perspective. The following schools all offer an ATS accredited education, and to our knowledge, are broadly Arminian and evangelical.