Fletcher. John - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:36:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Fletcher. John - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Mark K. Olson, “Early Methodists on the New Birth: George Whitefield, John Wesley, & John Fletcher” https://evangelicalarminians.org/mark-k-olson-early-methodists-on-the-new-birth-george-whitefield-john-wesley-john-fletcher/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:09:23 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=30945 The Evangelical Revival broke out in the 1730s with the central message, “You must be born again” (Jn 3:7).  The two most famous evangelists of the new movement were George Whitefield (1714-1770) and John Wesley (1703-1791). They both…

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]]> 30945 Video: Methodist Arminians & Wesley’s Arminianism: “Who Are the Arminians?” Part 4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/video-methodist-arminians-wesleys-arminianism-who-are-the-arminians-part-4/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:00:43 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27369 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…

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]]> 27369 Ben Henshaw, “Addressing the Calvinist Claim That Being Dead in Sin Necessarily Implies That Regeneration Precedes Faith” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-addressing-the-calvinist-claim-that-being-dead-in-sin-necessarily-implies-that-regeneration-precedes-faith/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:00:44 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26410 We have a lot of material addressing and refuting this oft repeated Calvinist claim on the site, so I thought it would be good to archive them into a single post for easy reference: An…

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]]> 26410 Mark K. Olson, “Early Methodist Christology” https://evangelicalarminians.org/mark-k-olson-early-methodist-christology/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:37:42 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26282 Christmas is a season we celebrate the incarnation. The 18th century saw the rise of anti-Trinitarian theologies that undermined belief in Christ’s deity. Some scholars argue that John Wesley held a deficient view of the…

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]]> 26282 John Fletcher, “The New Birth” https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletcher-the-new-birth/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:30:38 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=22219 [The following is a sermon from The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher, 4 vols. (1833; rpt. Salem, OH: Schmul Publishers, 1974), 4:95-117. The sermon is in four parts and due to the length only…

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]]> 22219 Works of John Fletcher https://evangelicalarminians.org/works-of-john-fletcher/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/works-of-john-fletcher/#respond Mon, 25 May 2009 22:08:26 +0000 Here are the works of John Fletcher in 4 volumes. His debate with Calvinist Augustus Toplady in volume two is particularly good. Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/works-of-john-fletcher/feed/ 0 601 John Fletcher’s Methodology in the Antinomian Controversy of 1770-76 https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletchers-methodology-in-the-antinomian-controversy-of-1770-76/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletchers-methodology-in-the-antinomian-controversy-of-1770-76/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:37:14 +0000 JOHN FLETCHER’S METHODOLOGY IN THE ANTINOMIAN CONTROVERSY OF 1770-76 From the Wesleyan Theological Journal ROBERT A. MATTKE, B.D., M.A. (Head of Religion Department, Miltonvale College) For over two centuries, the name of John Wesley has…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletchers-methodology-in-the-antinomian-controversy-of-1770-76/feed/ 0 299 John Fletcher’s Influence on the Development of Wesleyan Theology in America https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletchers-influence-on-the-development-of-wesleyan-theology-in-america/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletchers-influence-on-the-development-of-wesleyan-theology-in-america/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:31:51 +0000 JOHN FLETCHER'S INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESLEYAN THEOLOGY IN AMERICA

From the Wesleyan Theological Journal
By John A. Knight

Introduction

Not until recent years has the significance of John Fletcher's theology been assessed by interpreters of the history of Christian doctrine. For almost two hundred years his work was eclipsed by the Wesleys and by some in the Calvinistic wing of the 18th century Evangelical Revival in England, except for occasional references by historians and biographers of his contemporaries.

David C. Shipley's perceptive study, "Methodist Arminianism in the Theology of John Fletcher," unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Yale, 1942, was a pioneer work in this country. Particularly in the last two decades others have begun to recognize the importance of Fletcher to the development of Wesleyan theology.1

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletchers-influence-on-the-development-of-wesleyan-theology-in-america/feed/ 0 298 John Fletcher, “REPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL CALVINIST AND FATALIST ARGUMENTS FOR THE DOCTRINE OF ABSOLUTE NECESSITY” https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletcher-reply-to-the-principal-calvinist-and-fatalist-arguments-for-the-doctrine-of-absolute-necessity/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:24:10 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/john-fletcher-reply-to-the-principal-calvinist-and-fatalist-arguments-for-the-doctrine-of-absolute-necessity/ The following article was taken from http://revivaltheology.gharvest.com/1_cal_arm/fletcher/index.html REPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENTS BY WHICH THE CALVINISTS AND THE FATALISTS SUPPORT THE DOCTRINE OF ABSOLUTE NECESSITY: BEING REMARKS ON THE REV. MR. TOPLADY’S “SCHEME OF CHRISTIAN…

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]]> 258 Fletcher on Being “Dead in Sin” Part 2 https://evangelicalarminians.org/fletcher-on-being-dead-in-sin-part-2/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/fletcher-on-being-dead-in-sin-part-2/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:51:09 +0000 The content of this post was authored by Ben Henshaw and is posted on his behalf. Fletcher demonstrated that the Scriptures use the word “dead” in more than one way, and to understand the term…

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