Additional Links
Seedbed - A New Arminian Resource
Submitted by Kevin Jackson on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 9:09amAsbury Theological Seminary has started a new theological resource site called Seedbed [asburyseedbed.com]. They have an RSS feed, and regularly post free content from an Arminian and Wesleyan Perspective. You can sign up to be on their email list, and on a monthly basis they will send you a free resource (such as an e-book). They also have an online store with reasonably priced resources.
Be sure to check them out!
The Foreword (by Calvinist Michael Horton), Preface, and First Chapter to Roger Olson’s Book, Against Calvinism
The foreword (by Calvinist Michael Horton), preface, and first chapter to Roger Olson’s book, Against Calvinism, is now available online (http://www.zondervan.com/media/samples/pdf/031032467X_samptxt.pdf ) and in the attachment.
Lots of Talk about Angry Calvinists Going On
Submitted by SEA on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 11:29amThere seems to be lots of talk about angry Calvinists going on, with Calvinist leaders recognizing that there seems to be a problem with anger/rudeness/harshness/incivility etc. particularly among Calvinists. Here are 2 posts on this:
Ed Setzer interviews Calvinist Joe Thorn about the issue: "Joe Thorn and Angry (Fake) Calvinists"
Justin Taylor, "The Problem of 'Angry Calvinists' "
If we grant that there is a special problem among Calvinists in this area (surely the problem is not limited to Calvinists, but some Calvinist leaders seem to be observing that there is a special problem among their own), the following comments are in order:
Arminian/Non-Calvinist Daily Devotionals
Submitted by SEA on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 2:13pmWe received a request for suggestions for daily devotionals that do not come from a Calvinist perspective. Here are some suggestions that our members have come up with:
Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
The Nazarene Publishing House has a devotional entitled, "Reflecting God". (It used to come out under the title "Come Ye Apart." It is published quarterly.)
Experiencing God Day by Day by Henry Blackaby http://www.blackaby.org/devarchive.asp
Adrian Rogers: http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/loveworthfinding/
Chuck Smiths’ teaching through the entire Bible is available to listen to online along with text notes on the passages: http://www.twft.com/?page=c2000. It's not purely devotional, but probably covers the devotional side well enough while being focused on expositing the meaning of the text.
Greg Laurie does a devotional at his site, www.harvest.org.
Blog Posts Describing the Messages at the "Reclaiming Grace: A Biblical Response to Five Point Calvinism" Conference
Submitted by SEA on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 2:09pmBlog posts describing the messages at the Southwest Alabama Bible Conference 2011: "Reclaiming Grace: A Biblical Response to Five Point Calvinism" Conference, held January 30 – February 2, may be found at http://darrylbrunson.blogspot.com.
Roger Olson's New Blog
Submitted by SEA on Sat, 07/31/2010 - 10:14pmWe are happy to announce that distinguished Arminian theologian and SEA member, Roger Olson, has started his own blog. Here is the link: http://www.rogereolson.com/.
Supralapsarian Calvinists Criticize Infralapsarian Calvinist C. Michael Patton
Submitted by Kevin Jackson on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 1:52pmCalvinist C. Michael Patton recently did a post entitled Calvinism and the Divine Decrees – Correcting a Misunderstanding. In the post Patton argues for the Infralapsarian view of Calvinism. The infralapsarian view is a less extreme form of Calvinism. It states that in the logical order of God's decrees, God first decreed the creation of man and then allowed for the fall.
Patton's post has been criticized by Supralapsarian Calvinist "Tur8infan" of Alpha and Omega Ministries (James White's organization). That post can be found here: Response to C. Michael Patton on the Divine Decrees and Hyper-Calvinism. The Supralapsairan view is the most extreme form of Calvinism. It states that God decreed the fall of man before the creation of Adam was decreed.
Upcoming Radio Debate on Calvinism between Dr. Michael L. Brown and Dr. James White
Submitted by SEA on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 11:53amFormer Calvinist Dr. Michael L. Brown and continuing Calvinist Dr. James White are scheduled to do a radio debate on Calvinism on Jan. 26th & 27th (2009). It will take place on Dr. Brown's daily radio show, "The Line of Fire". You can access it here:
http://lineoffireradio.askdrbrown.org/
Here's James White's advertisement for it:
Resources by Dr. Jack Cottrell Added
Submitted by SEA on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 10:37pmWe have recently added some resources by Dr. Jack Cottrell, a well known theologian from the Church of Christ fellowship. Check out our recent articles box on the right side of this page for a few articles by him responding to advocates of Calvinistic election (2 articles) and universalistic election (1 article). We have also added a link on our Links and Books page to an offsite Jack Cottrell resource page, which contains audio resources as well as a few articles. Check out his audio entitled "Once in Grace". It is a really good refutation of Eternal Security.
Sermons by A.W. Tozer Available to Listen to Online
Submitted by SEA on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 9:54amSermons by A.W. Tozer are available to listen to online. Tozer might not have accepted the label "Arminian", but his theology is basically Arminian. He is well known and respected by Arminians and Calvinists alike for his generally sound doctrine, passion for Christ, and great piety. Earlier this year (2009) we highlighted a wonderful quote by Tozer on the sovereignty of God that articulates the Arminian view of the subject quite nicely. It bears repeating:
