Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 10 excerpt continued the topic of Prevenient Grace with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
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David deSilva, “How Does God Save Us? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 17 excerpt continued the topic of Prevenient Grace with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
David deSilva, “How Does Grace Dawn in the Helpless Soul? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 24 excerpt continued the topic of Prevenient Grace with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
David deSilva, “Can We Free Ourselves from the Misery of This Condition? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 3 excerpt continued the topic of Total Depravity and our need for Prevenient Grace…
David deSilva, “What Is The Natural State of Humanity? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The September 26 excerpt addressed the topic of Total Depravity with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
Animated Video: “The John Wesley Story”
Vision Video has produced a number of church history animated cartoons in a series called The Torchlighters. Episode 13, covering John Wesley, is available in full at Vision Video’s YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/gF4vkrOXw0c From the video…
Early Augustine on Foreknowledge Compared to Memory
[This post first appeared at Gospel Encounter where comments can be made] I do not remember where I first read Augustine’s comparison of foreknowledge to memory, but it stuck in my mind and I continue…
New Video: “Revival Joy” and Arminius and Wesley on Enjoying and Desiring God
This video is available on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/UN1n5PwaTvc?si=DFtO-CAKsnHGQtxG From the video description: A theme we see repeatedly in the 19th Century revivals is joy, gladness, happiness found in God. And when we turn back even…
David deSilva, “Is Salvation Possible Without the Spirit? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The April 18 excerpt continued the topic of the Holy Spirit’s necessary role in salvation with…
David deSilva, “How Does the Holy Spirit Lead Us to Repentance? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The April 11 excerpt introduced the topic of Prevenient Grace with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
Video: Baptists, Open Brethren & Non-Denominational Arminian Adjacents: “Who Are the Arminians?”, Part 6
This video can also be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/HboIAcPKYmA?si=_Igmv5Gx2mOzG-YH From the video description: Part 6 looks at Arminian adjacent groups: Baptist, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Open Brethren, and Non-Denominational Christians, as well as…
Video: “A Reformed Arminian View of Predestination,” with Dr. J. Matthew Pinson
Youtube: https://youtu.be/W6zaF-tnNOE?si=jSTNSPXTqb_m2McV From the video description: In May of 2024, Free Will Baptist theologian, Dr. J. Matthew Pinson, joined Dr. Tom Nettles (Reformed Baptist), and Dr. Ben Witherington III, (Methodist) for a dialogue on predestination…
Video: “A Wesleyan-Arminian View of Election,” with Dr. Ben Witherington III
The video below can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/tCl2zeMWiXg?si=r-xOgVN6jyntW8C1. From the Video description: In May of 2024, Methodist theologian, Dr. Ben Witherington III, joined Dr. Tom Nettles (Reformed Baptist), and Dr. J. Matthew…
Six Views on “Original Sin” vs. “Original Guilt”
There are two false assumptions I see online repeatedly regarding original guilt: That if you hold to total depravity or original sin, then you must also hold to original guilt. (false) That there are only…
Video: Methodist Arminians & Wesley’s Arminianism: “Who Are the Arminians?” Part 4
This video can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/M5C66IJM9kc?si=Ow0WnYik3zSglNiT From the video description: Part 4 looks at the Methodist revivals, Arminian doctrine as their motivation, and then the Arminianism of early Methodists John & Charles…
Video: Arminian Baptists & Arminian Puritans: “Who Are the Arminians?” Part 3
This video can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/m8whGpeygK0?si=R3YjjXjs7MzYdWP1 From the video description: This is part 3 of the series, looking at Puritan Arminians and then focusing in on the early Baptist Arminian leaders, writers,…
Video: The Beginnings of English Arminianism & the Remonstrant Connections: “Who Are the Arminians?” Part 2
This video can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ChrxmhIz5LA?si=jKcyMFcfkCmcNxr4 From the video description: This is part 2 of the series, looking at the remonstrant connections to English anti-Calvinists, and the question of how Arminianism, named…
Video: Arminian Denominations & Arminius’ Lutheran & Anabaptist Influences: “Who Are the Arminians?” Part 1
This video can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/gjd-7Ea6E54?si=BglDXmBFTZVf From the video description: This series will walk though Arminian history, beginning with Arminius and moving to Arminian denominations today. Part 1 begins with Arminius’ influences…
Video: More to the Story Podcast, “Reformed Arminians and Jonathan Edwards with Matt Pinson”
From the Video description: Many in the pan-Wesleyan world are unfamiliar with the broad reformed tradition. On today’s podcast, Matt Pinson and I discuss this tradition. We also talk about how Reformed Arminians read the…
Daniel Steele, “The Work of the Holy Spirit Before the Day of Pentecost” (1897)
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] I’ve written elsewhere that I see a strong parallel between the Holy Spirit’s work pre-Pentecost and His continuing, pre-regenerating work on unbelievers after Pentecost. For believers, we now also experience…
