Witzki, Steve - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Wed, 21 May 2025 14:19:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Witzki, Steve - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Steve Witzki, “A Preliminary Defense of Prevenient Grace” https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-a-preliminary-defense-of-prevenient-grace/ Thu, 22 May 2025 11:00:34 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28305 The work of conversion is always initiated by the grace of God. John Wesley believed that God’s prevenient grace was intended to be for all people. He said “the grace or love of God, whence…

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]]> 28305 Steve Witzki, “Calvinism and John 6: An Exegetical Response, Part Two” https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-calvinism-and-john-6-an-exegetical-response-part-two/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 07:00:39 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=20978 Calvinism and John Six: An Exegetical Response Part Two Steve Witzki So if John 6 does not teach unconditional election nor irresistible grace, doesn’t it still teach unconditional eternal security? Schreiner and Caneday think so…

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]]> 20978 Steven Witzki, “Calvinism and John 6: An Exegetical Response, Part One” https://evangelicalarminians.org/steven-witzki-calvinism-and-john-6-an-exegetical-response-part-one/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 07:00:03 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=20974 Calvinism and John Six: An Exegetical Response Part One Steve Witzki   Calvinist’s believe that one of their strongest arguments for unconditional election, irresistible grace, and unconditional security is found in the Gospel of John…

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]]> 20974 Steve Witzki, “Is Perseverance in Faith Necessary to Obtain Final Salvation?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-is-perseverance-in-faith-necessary-to-obtain-final-salvation/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:09:06 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=18477 “Final perseverance implies final faithfulness—he that endures to the end shall be saved—he that is faithful unto death shall have a crown of life. And will any man attempt to say that he who does…

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]]> 18477 Steve Witzki, “Free Grace or Forced Grace” https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-free-grace-or-forced-grace/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:05:19 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=18383 Steve Witzki, “Free Grace or Forced Grace,” The Arminian Magazine 19.1 (Spring 2001)   In his well known sermon “Free Grace,” John Wesley said that the “grace or love of God, whence cometh our salvation, is FREE…

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]]> 18383 Saving Faith in the Greek NT https://evangelicalarminians.org/saving-faith-in-the-greek-nt/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/saving-faith-in-the-greek-nt/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:08:47 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/saving-faith-in-the-greek-nt/ Saving Faith in the Greek NT – click on attachment: Saving Faith in the Greek NT

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/saving-faith-in-the-greek-nt/feed/ 1 786 The Impact that Arminius Left on His Nine Orphan Children https://evangelicalarminians.org/the-impact-that-arminius-left-on-his-nine-orphan-children/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/the-impact-that-arminius-left-on-his-nine-orphan-children/#respond Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:48:24 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/the-impact-that-arminius-left-on-his-nine-orphan-children/ In my readings in The Works of Arminius, I stumbled across a letter of dedication from Arminius‟ nine orphan children to a William Bardesius on August 13, 1612. Bardesius was a Lieuteant of Warmenhysen, and…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/the-impact-that-arminius-left-on-his-nine-orphan-children/feed/ 0 932 Steve Witzki, “The Inadequate Historical Precedent for ‘Once Saved, Always Saved'” https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-wtizki-the-inadequate-historical-precedent-for-once-saved-always-saved/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:20:18 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-wtizki-the-inadequate-historical-precedent-for-once-saved-always-saved/ The following brief article was taken from http://www.fwponline.cc/v21n1/v21n1witzki.html, an article by Steve Witzki in The Arminian. The article Witzki refers to by John Jefferson Davis may be viewed online here at SEA at http://evangelicalarminians.org/john-jefferson-davis-the-perseverance-of-the-saints-a-history-of-the-doctrine/. John…

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]]> 779 Steve Witzki, Early Christian Writers on Apostasy https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-early-christian-writers-on-apostasy/ Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:56:29 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-early-christian-writers-on-apostasy/ In the attached article, Steve Witzki surveys the thought of the early church on the topic of apostasy, concluding: “It seems rather apparent that the Ante-Nicene Fathers believed that a Christian could sever their saving…

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]]> 1087 Steve Witzki, “James Arminius–The Security of the Believer and the Possibility of Apostasy” https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-james-arminius-the-security-of-the-believer-and-the-possibility-of-apostasy/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-james-arminius-the-security-of-the-believer-and-the-possibility-of-apostasy/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:23:29 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-witzki-james-arminius-the-security-of-the-believer-and-the-possibility-of-apostasy/ James Arminius (The Security of the Believer)_0

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