Oden, Thomas - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:44:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Oden, Thomas - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Roy Ingle, “Best Books for an Arminian View of God” https://evangelicalarminians.org/roy-ingle-best-books-for-an-arminian-view-of-god/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:24:32 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27490 [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…

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]]> 27490 Thomas C. Oden, “Without Excuse: Classic Christian Exegesis of General Revelation” https://evangelicalarminians.org/thomas-c-oden-without-excuse-classic-christian-exegesis-of-general-revelation/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:52:49 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27357 Please click on the link to view Thomas C. Oden, “Without Excuse: Classic Christian Exegesis of General Revelation,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41/1 (March 1998) 55–68. From the introduction:      The purpose…

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]]> 27357 Roger Olson, “A Magnificent Resource for Arminian Evangelicals: ‘John Wesley’s Teachings'” https://evangelicalarminians.org/roger-olson-a-magnificent-resource-for-arminian-evangelicals-john-wesleys-teachings/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 06:50:43 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=18900 [This post was originally published at Dr. Olson’s blog, where comments can be made.] Why should John Wesley matter to anyone who’s not a Methodist? Somehow over the years most people have come to limit Wesley…

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]]> 18900 Christopher T. Bounds, “The Scope of The Atonement in the Early Church Fathers” https://evangelicalarminians.org/christopher-t-bounds-the-scope-of-the-atonement-in-the-early-church-fathers/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:43:58 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16187 Please click on the link to view Christopher T. Bounds, “The Scope of The Atonement in the Early Church Fathers,” Wesleyan Theological Journal 47.2 (Fall 2012) 7-26. Here is the author’s conclusion: In conclusion, while Thomas Oden in…

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]]> 16187 Brian Roden: “The Doctrine of Election: Corporate Calling of a People with Conditional Individual Participation in the Elect” https://evangelicalarminians.org/brian-roden-the-doctrine-of-election-corporate-calling-of-a-people-with-conditional-individual-participation-in-the-elect/ Wed, 24 May 2017 08:07:46 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16298 This was my capstone paper for my Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. It received the 2017 Stanley M. Horton award for best seminar paper. (Stanley M.…

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]]> 16298 A Roundup of Obituaries for Distinguished Wesleyan-Arminian Theologian Thomas Oden https://evangelicalarminians.org/a-roundup-of-obituaries-for-distinguished-wesleyan-arminian-theologian-thomas-oden/ Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:00:04 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=15283 Christianity Today’s obituary for Thomas Oden: “Died: Thomas Oden, Methodist Theologian Who Found Classical Christianity.” Mark Tooley’s Gospel Coalition obituary: “Thomas Oden (1931–2016), Theologian and Friend.” Michael Bird’s notice: “The Passing of Thomas Oden (1931-2016).” The…

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]]> 15283 Eric Landstrom, “Thomas Oden’s Paleo-Orthodoxy” https://evangelicalarminians.org/eric-landstrom-thomas-odens-paleo-orthodoxy/ Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:23:15 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=10915 12/09/02 “It is never too late to rediscover the joy of studying God.”1   Goal Setting “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.…

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]]> 10915 Michael Bird on Distinguished Arminian Theologian Thomas C. Oden’s Autobiography *A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir* https://evangelicalarminians.org/michael-bird-on-distinguished-arminian-theologian-thomas-c-odens-autobiography-a-change-of-heart-a-personal-and-theological-memoir/ Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:24:27 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=10900 Please click on the link to view Michael Bird’s review of distinguished Arminian Theologian Thomas C. Oden’s Autobiography A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir.

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]]> 10900 A Short, Partially Annotated List of Arminian Systematic Theologies https://evangelicalarminians.org/a-short-partially-annotated-list-of-arminian-systematic-theologies/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:00:18 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=9760 by Brian Abasciano Unfortunately, there are not a lot of good options for a contemporary comprehensive Arminian systematic theology text. Arminians tend to focus on exegesis more than systematic theology. So there are a number…

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]]> 9760 Back to the Fathers: A Christianity Today Interview with Thomas Oden https://evangelicalarminians.org/back-to-the-fathers-a-christianity-today-interview-with-thomas-oden/ Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:55:40 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/back-to-the-fathers-a-christianity-today-interview-with-thomas-oden/ Please follow the link to view an interview with distinguished Arminian scholar, Thomas Oden: “Back to the Fathers: A Christianity Today Interview with Thomas Oden”.

(Article by-line: "Every turn in Thomas Oden's theology took him further left, until he came face to face with Augustine and Wesley.")

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