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.:
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My Life With Jesus – 365 Devotions for Kids
What’s it like having Jesus show up each day to walk by your side, build you up, and cheer you on? Explore the way, truth, and life of Jesus from his birth to the coming…
Did God Afflict Job? – An Arminian Looks at Job 13:15
This question is asked by one of our Society of Evangelical Arminian (SEA) members: Can anyone recommend an Arminian interpretation of Job 13:15, ‘Though he slay me, I will hope in him’? Is it purely…
An Appraisal of Prevenient Grace in John Wesley’s Soteriology – P.V. Joseph
This paper seeks to provide a fairly balanced and comprehensive discussion on Wesley’s concept of prevenient grace within the context of Wesleyan soteriology, taking into consideration the issues of human depravity, human freedom, and divine…
The Use and Misuse of John Wesley on the Authority of Scripture – Glen O’Brien
Here is an excellent paper exploring how John Wesley interpreted scripture. In his Preface to the Standard Sermons Wesley describes his approach to the reading of Scripture. As a model of his experiential approach it…
Brian Abasciano, “If God Loves All, How Can the Bible Say That He Hates Sinners?”
If God loves all, how can the Bible say that he hates sinners? I believe that the basic answer is that God both loves and hates sinners, but he loves them more than he hates…
Thank God for His Prevenient Grace
To do the work needed on our vehicle, part of the dash had to be removed. Jeff was the technician that did the work. He was quite personable. When I picked up the vehicle, Jeff…
Double Payment and Penal Satisfaction Atonement – Dr James Leonard answers in SEA outreach group
Someone asked the perennial question of double payment and penal satisfaction atonement. Here’s my reply: “The point is that one must be “in Christ” in order for the payment to be of any value to…
Reflections on Wesley’s Sermon 5: “Justification by Faith”
“However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.” —Romans 4:5 In the province of Cordoba, Argentina, there are beautiful recreational parks where…
Reflections on Wesley’s Sermon 58: “On Predestination”
“Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son: — Whom he did predestinate, them he also called. And whom he called, then he also justified: And…
The Infilling of the Holy Ghost Sanctifies
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (see Acts 2:1-4). What does it mean to be filled with the Holy…
John Wesley on Dying Well
Death is a topic that few of us care to think about, but in my current study of John Wesley’s theology of death, I find myself contemplating the subject on a daily basis. Some people…
Resurrection Day!!
The God Who Seeks
“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as He was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. . .” (Genesis 3:8, NIV) “I revealed myself…
God’s Sovereignty: Three Common Mistakes
The following is a conversation that recently took place in my daughter’s middle school church group. The conversation does a good job highlighting three mistakes that we often make when we talk about the sovereignty…
Work Out Your Salvation: A Proper Illustration
Let’s look at a specific example: Philippians 2:12-13 “Work out your own salvation…for God is at work in you….” Some (e.g., D. M. Baillie) have labeled this the “paradox of grace.” I have used that…
The Meaning of Christmas: Seven-Minute Seminary
Dr MIchael Pasquarello III of Seedbed, tells us about the meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas. Well see you in Thursday:
Misrepresentation of Arminius’ Teachings Making the Rounds Again: Pierre du Moulin From the Grave
Arminius spent his later life refuting what people said about him and his teachings, Some of his interlocutors were responsible and represented his views accurately, others seemingly intentionally distorted what he taught. An apparent…
Arminius: On The Regal Office of Christ
DISPUTATION XXXVII ON THE REGAL OFFICE OF CHRIST As Christ, when consecrated by his sufferings, was made the author of salvation to all who obey him; and as for this end, not only the solicitation and…
Arminius: ON THE DECREE OF GOD
1. The decrees of God are the extrinsic acts of God, though they are internal, and, therefore, made by the free will of God, without any absolute necessity. Yet one decree seems to require the…
