By Mark K. Olson. This article was a paper presented at the George Whitefield 300 Conference, Pembroke College, Oxford, in 2014. [To view the footnotes on this page, scroll down to the bottom of the…
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Mark K. Olson, “George Whitefield’s Doctrine of Conversion, 1735-1740”
How Do You Explain 2 Timothy 2:10 in Relation to Election?
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…
Roy Ingle, “The Providence of God In the Murder of Jesus”
John Piper, in his book Spectacular Sins, points out that God used the greatest sin in the Bible, the betrayal and murder of Jesus Christ, for His own purposes and for our eternal salvation. He is…
Richard Coords, “Presupposition”
A presupposition is something you carry into any discussion, dealing with what you already presuppose to be true, and if you’re presupposition is accurate, then there is no problem, but if it’s false, then you…
Video: Calvinists Who Say Christ Died for All
Austin Brown joins SEA member Dan Chapa to discuss the atonement. Austin is a Calvinist who holds that Christ died for everyone. The below video can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/zshX9hBIPpI.
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 36
The X-Calvinist Corner is a page on this website that shares the stories of people who were once Calvinist but have left Calvinism for a more Arminian theology. This series (The X-Calvinist Corner Files) highlights one of…
Podcast: John Wesley and Aldersgate – What Happened?
Please click on the link to access the Andy Miller III Podcast “More To The Story” with Mark Olson on John Wesley and Aldersgate. Podcast episode description: May 24, 1738, is a sacred day in…
Video: Arminian Review of the Open Theism Debate Between Calvinist James White and Open Theist Tim Barber
SEA members Chris Bastedo, Richard Ellis, and Dan Chapa review the recent debate on “Does God know the future exhaustively and perfectly?” between Calvinist James White and Open Theist Tim Barber. We bring an Arminian…
F. M. Messenger, “Predestination”
The following article first appeared in the Doctrinal section of the 1926 edition of “The Preacher’s Magazine,” published by Nazarene Publishing House and edited by J.B. Chapman, former General Superintendent of the Church of the…
Video: “Rev. James Caughey & The Canadian Revivals of 1841-42 & 1851-57”
From the video description: Methodist evangelist Rev. James Caughey saw 20,000 souls saved in just 6 years under his revival preaching in Britain. Before and after, he made stops in Canada, preaching hundreds of sermons…
John Wesley, “Serious Thoughts Upon the Perseverance of the Saints”
Please click the link to view John Wesley, “Serious Thoughts Upon the Perseverance of the Saints.” Please be aware that this work was written in an older English style in which the letter “s” often looks…
Video: Debate: Is Calvinism Biblical?
In this debate, Jim Pearl takes the affirmative, that Calvinism is biblical, and he debates SEA member Chris Bastedo. SEA member Dan Chapa moderates. The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/YwH55lIbqdY.
Richard Coords, “Predestination”
Predestination is a biblical term, referring to anything that God, in advance, has purposed and planned to bring about. Here are some examples found in the Bible: Luke 22:22: “‘For indeed, the Son of Man…
Isaac N. Hopper, “Songs of the Faithful: The Wesleyan Hymns as Border for the People Called Methodists”
[To view the footnotes on this page, scroll down to the bottom of the page. Clicking on the hyperlinked footnotes will take you off site to the notes in the original article location.] Introduction Every…
Video: “A (Brief) Biblical Case for Arminianism, Part 3: Freed to Believe by God’s Grace
This video was published on YouTube July 24, 2024: https://youtu.be/wSdOGYZDPwU?si=cDrf2hRusnSrdWm_ From the video description: In 1610, the Remonstrants of Holland presented five Articles which came to define “Arminianism”. From Part 2, “UN-limited Atonement, the Solution…
Ashleigh Nicole and Dale Wayman, “Divine Determinism and Biblical Counseling: How Calvinism Turns Your Savior into Your Abuser”
I had the privilege of sitting down for over an hour with Dr. Dale Wayman, one of the Vice Presidents of the Society of Evangelical Arminians. The following article is a transcript from part of…
Roy Ingle, “Must Reads For Arminians”
[This post is from 2008, and so Ingle might provide a different list if he were to write this today. But this list still seems worthy of considering. Updating editorial comments have been provided in…
The Wesleyan Heritage Collection
Currently downloadable at Archive.org is the contents of a CD full of original and hard to find Wesleyan texts, not least the works of Wesley himself, that can be accessed at this link. Here is…
Video: Calvinism Breaks Down in the Counseling Office
SEA member Dan Chapa, moderator, and Dr. Dale V. Wayman, VP of the Society of Evangelical Arminians, discuss issues with Calvinism and counseling. The video can also be viewed on YouTube through this link.:
Does the Gift of God in Ephesians 2:8-9 Refer to Salvation or Faith?
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 revision…
