[Editor’s note: This post is from 2009 and might include additional books if written today. But these are important works to know about.] J.I. Packer, in his classic book Knowing God, states that the study of…
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Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 12: The Great Assize
It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 45
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…
Richard Coords, “Sheep”
The Calvinist perspective is that God chooses His own sheep, selected from eternity past as a special class of humanity, meaning that everyone who will ever believe in Christ has already been fixed and decided…
Ben Henshaw, “Q&A: Exploring the Horrific Implications of Calvinist Determinism With Regards to God’s Desire to Save (or Not)”
Question: What I think you, and many Arminians fail to realize is the depth of human depravity and their unloveliness. Answer: Actually, Arminians fully affirm our depravity. Question: Men by nature HATE their GOD (as He is the…
Nicholas S. Noyola, “Faith Without Applause: Navigating the Praiseworthiness Puzzle”
Please click on the link to view Nicholas S. Noyola, “Faith Without Applause: Navigating the Praiseworthiness Puzzle,” Síntesis. Revista de Filosofía; VII(2) (agosto-diciembre 2024), 84-96. Author’s abstract: This paper addresses the praiseworthiness dilemma posed by…
David F. Watson, “A Theological Revival”
In this essay, Watson agues that Western Christianity is on the brink of a theological revival and that Wesleyan theology has a vital role to play. Please click on the link to view David F.…
Video: Joseph Hellerman, “When the Church Was a Family” (On the Corporate Orientation of NT Culture)
The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/n3pPtigcL9I. While not focused on Arminian/Calvinist issues, we include this lecture on our sight because it elucidates the corporate/collectivist perspective of the culture of the…
Roy Ingle, “Arminius on Grace and Free Will”
In this short article, the great reformer Arminius shows us how his view of grace and free will differ from that of Pelagius. Sadly, many today still attribute Arminius’ theology to Pelagianism (or at least…
New Testimony Added to the X-Calvinist Corner
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. Here is a new entry to the…
Video: William Lane Craig, “Charting the Course of Salvation”
The video below can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/XqGplrIpbaY.
Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 11: The Righteousness of Faith
It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
Richard Coords, “Self-Savior”
A common argument by Calvinists is to suggest that anything apart from an Irresistible Grace, necessarily results in the individual becoming their own Savior, as a Self-Savior. What do Calvinists believe? Arminians effectively make themselves…
On the Corporate Election View, How Can the Corporate Body of Conditionally Elect Individuals Itself Be Unconditionally Elect?
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…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 44
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…
Roy Ingle, “If Anyone Does Not Abide In Me He Is Thrown Away”
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not…
Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 10: The Circumcision of the Heart
It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
Richard Coords, “Secret Will”
Sometimes when Calvinists are faced with a conundrum, they will invoke two wills in God, in which there is a “Revealed Will” and a “Secret Will.” The former is intended for man, and does not…
“Do You Call Salvation a Miracle?”
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…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 43
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…
