Over the past year, a number of YouTube Shorts (1 minute videos) have been released on “The Arminians” YouTube channel, including the topics of Grace, Atonement, and Election. The playlist can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFt7yxv9TBWUJEhYOkV6SlphlPJ3uM7b&si=tsOnQH3KrdtmZO94…
This YouTube video was published March 9, 2023: https://youtu.be/dqF4nRNjVmY From the description: In this video I survey some of the passages that describe the pre-regenerating work of the Holy Spirit (prevenient grace).
This YouTube video series was published March 18 & 24, 2023: Part 1 https://youtu.be/A_H06Mgy6ZA , Part 2 https://youtu.be/YKxrQ4cpgDI Part 1: Part 2: From the Descriptions: Part 1: In this video, we look at how the doctrine of…
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] In a previous post, I shared some excerpts from Rev. Richard Watson stating that the origin of depravity was due to the withdrawing of the Spirit of God from man. I mentioned there…
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.” – King David, Psalm 51:11 KJV “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law…
From the Description: In this video I take a look at the key verses in John 5 & 6: – John 5: 33-37, especially verses 34, 37, 39 and 44 – John 6: 37…
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] Below is an excerpt from Daniel Steele’s 1897 book, The Gospel of the Comforter, which I first read a few months ago, but this part stuck with me. For myself, I…
In this video, I look at total depravity, prevenient grace, and spiritual warfare in light of 2 Corinthians 3 & 4. Youtube: https://youtu.be/cP03vH8AM6w?si=WE87e_6ckrr80dRg
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “Arminius was remembered as a professor who directed his students primarily to Scripture. Scripture, and Scripture alone, is finally authoritative as a source of theology. … his ultimate responsibility…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com Back in 2015, Dr. Roger Olson mentioned in more than one blog post that he thought there was an “Arminian Renaissance” of sorts, with so many new books…
“As any practical evangelist will tell you, as they go to this place or that, they will find people that by God’s gracious Holy Spirit, have been worked upon, and their conscience has been aroused.…
It is sometimes asked whether the evangelist H.A. Ironside was a Calvinist, or assumed that he must have been because he held to some doctrines which are often associated with Reformed theology, like Perseverance of…
Earlier this year I began researching early Anabaptist theologian Balthasar Hubmaier (1480 – 1528). Here is a portion of his treatise Freedom of the Will, II where he clearly affirms what would later be called…
Dr David Gooding’s 5-part series on the Gospel–which includes very strong rebuttal of the Calvinist system–has been made available for free download from Myrtlefield House. These lectures were originally presented at the 1995 “Rise Up…
