[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “… In the Gospels, it is the state of the heart hardened against Divine grace, blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, and therefore of necessity hopeless…” – William Burt Pope, Compendium Vol.…

[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “… In the Gospels, it is the state of the heart hardened against Divine grace, blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, and therefore of necessity hopeless…” – William Burt Pope, Compendium Vol.…
From the description: In this video we look at John Wesley’s 1770 tract, “What is an Arminian?”, to conclude that an Arminian is a Christian who: – Affirms the doctrines of original sin & total…
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordress.com] “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.” – Romans 1:19 ESV “Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness…
[Please Note that SEA does not take an official stance on Molinism. Members can hold to Molinism or reject it. We do have some members who hold to Molinism and many who do not. Our…
Back in February, 2022, recording artist Flame (Marcus Gray) shared a few short posts on Facebook and Twitter about his journey out of Calvinism. (Here at SEA we have had a few past posts mentioning…
Please click on the link to read Chris Bounds, “Four Views of Salvation, Part 3: Other Views on Salvation on the Spectrum,” available online from Holy Joys. Chris Bounds is Dean and Professor of the…
Please click on the link to read Chris Bounds, “Four Views of Salvation, Part 2: Semi-Augustinianism and Augustinianism,” available online from Holy Joys. Chris Bounds is Dean and Professor of the School of Theology &…
Please click on the link to read Chris Bounds, “Four Views of Salvation, Part 1: Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism,” available online from Holy Joys. Chris Bounds is Dean and Professor of the School of Theology &…
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “Such is the freedom of his will; free only to evil; free to “drink in iniquity like water;” to wander farther and farther from the living God, and do…
The 2014 multi-author book, Reconsidering Arminius: Beyond the Reformed and Wesleyan Divide, edited by Keith D. Stanglin, Mark G. Bilby & Mark H. Mann, has been made available (with permission of the editors and publisher) for…
From Rev. Richard Watson’s sermon, “God With Us”, preached in August, 1829 (bold mine): “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being,” Acts xviii, 28. […] The question, whether we are left…
Please click on the link below to read David Gooding, “ROMANS 9–11: The Power, the Wisdom and the Glory: A Study of God’s Ways with Israel and the Nations”, available for free download from the…
Please click on the link to read A. Skevington Wood, “The Declaration of Sentiments: The Theological Testament of Arminius”, Evangelical Quarterly 65:2 (1993), 111-129) available online in PDF from BiblicalStudies.org.uk The Declaration of Sentiments: The…
Please click on the link to read F. Stuart Clarke, “Arminius’s Understanding of Calvin”, Evangelical Quarterly 54.1 (Jan.-Feb. 1982): 25-35, available online in PDF from Biblical Studies.org.uk: Arminius’s Understanding of Calvin Related posts from…
Please click on the link to read Kirk R. MacGregor, “Constructing a Bernard-Hubmaier Trinitarian Model of Prevenient Grace”, Pro Ecclesia Volume 29 Issue 1 (2020), 68–88, available online at Sage Journals: Constructing a Bernard-Hubmaier Trinitarian…
[This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com] Here are some quick, Scripture soaked quotes from James Arminius on each point of Calvinism’s TULIP (quotes from Declaration of Sentiments are from W. Stephen Gunter’s translation): Total depravity: yes. Without Divine assistance…
From the show description: Following the one year anniversary of his passing, we re-air this podcast with F. Leroy Forlines, long-time professor at Welch College. Bro. Forlines shared the story of the discovery-or rediscovery-of the…
[This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com] I have started working through The New City Catechism (produced by the Calvinist organization The Gospel Coalition together with Tim Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church) with my children, and I have been…
Please click on the link to read Kenneth J. Collins & Robert W. Wall, “Reading Scripture as Wesleyans: The Contribution of the Wesley One Volume Commentary”, a discussion of The Wesley One-Volume Commentary, edited by Kenneth…
In this video, Dr. J. Matthew Pinson (author of The Apologetics of Leroy Forlines and Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition) and Nicholas Noyola discuss the work of Arminian theologian Dr. Leroy Forlines.…