Often those who believe and defend the doctrine of eternal security or perseverance of the saints contend that to not embrace such a teaching will not just affect the nature of justification (by grace through…
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Roy Ingle, “Don’t Lose Your Passion In Hating Sin”
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your…
Roy Ingle, “Disciples Only”
And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. – Acts 11:26 By far the most popular term today to describe people who claim to follow Jesus Christ is the word “Christian.” The term has…
Roy Ingle, “The Historical Demise of Arminianism”
[Editor’s Note: This post is from 2009, when Calvinism was resurging. The Calvinist resurgence seems to have leveled off and even begun to decline in recent years while Arminianism seems to have gained ground again.…
Roy Ingle, “Reformation Day Should Spark Evangelism”
What is a way to honour Reformation Day when on this day, October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic monk, nailed his 95 Thesis to the church door at Wittenberg? For most Protestant churches, they simply…
Roy Ingle, “The Issue of Regeneration”
I have visited quite a number of churches in my time as a disciple of Jesus. Many have wanted to know where I lived or where I worked or how old I was or where…
Three Brief Book Reviews by Roy Ingle
Here are a few books I have read lately. 1. Perspectives on the Doctrine of God: Four Views edited by Bruce Ware. This book, edited by Bruce Ware, was good, solid, deep, theological reading. The book,…
Roy Ingle, “Advice For Young Arminians”
I became a disciple of Jesus in 1992 at the age of 17. I was saved in an Arminian church and had been raised in an Arminian home. Although I knew little of the debate…
Roy Ingle, “The Oft Error Made by Calvinists”
I make no secret about it that I enjoy Charles Spurgeon. I enjoy reading Spurgeon’s sermons and I enjoy studying this great saint’s life. I even named my second child after him, Haddon Spurgeon Ingle…
Roy Ingle, “Book Review: *Your Jesus Is Too Safe* by Jared Wilson”
Your Jesus Is Too Safe is a great book! I bought the book after reading several other reviews of the book and thought I would read it and see what the hype was all about. And…
Roy Ingle, “The 400th Anniversary of Arminius’ Death”
[This post was written in 2009, and we are years past the 400th anniversary of Arminius’ death in that year. But the information in the post remains ever relevant.] Tomorrow Arminians celebrate the life of…
Roy Ingle, “When Do They Become ‘Never Saved To Begin With?'”
So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. – Hebrews 6:12 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who…
Roy Ingle, “Best Books for an Arminian View of God”
[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…
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…
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…
Roy Ingle, “And Speaking of Eternal Decrees”
Having been on the subject of Calvinism’s concept of omnicausality, Dr. Roger Olson challenged Calvinists over at the Society of Evangelical Arminians concerning the controversial book, The Shack. Olson points out that many Calvinists such as John…
Roy Ingle, “God and History”
“Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it; Yes, let him recount to Me in order, from the time that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things…
Roy Ingle, “Eternal Security: For Those Whom I Address”
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.…
Roy Ingle, “Preach Perseverance”
One criticism of the Arminian view of the security of the believer is that it lacks the assurance of one’s salvation if in fact, or so it is stated, we teach people that apostasy is…
Roy Ingle, “Divine Determinism and Adam’s Sin”
Calvinist often deplore the Arminian argument concerning Adam’s transgression, but we Arminians often turn to this because it is the first sin in the Bible and it produced the world that we live in (Romans…
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