Response to Jeffrey Johnson’s Review of David Allen, The Extent of the Atonement: A Historical and Critical Review (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2016) David L. Allen Dean, School of Preaching Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Let…
Arminianism
Paradise Deserted: Can a True Christian Renounce Their Faith? (Apostasy, Part 1)
What is “REO?” The reader may want to know. Perhaps Gowdy should not abbreviate? I do not know what REO is. “(God) wills that they, who believe and persevere in faith, shall be saved,…
God’s Sovereignty: Three Common Mistakes
The following is a conversation that recently took place in my daughter’s middle school church group. The conversation does a good job highlighting three mistakes that we often make when we talk about the sovereignty…
Brian Shelton, “The Biblical Case for Prevenient Grace”
The Bible teaches that all people are called to repent and believe the gospel (Mark 1:1; Acts 16:30-31), while also acknowledging that we are dead in sin and cannot come to God of our own…
Steve Witzki, “Calvinism and John 6: An Exegetical Response, Part Two”
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…
Steven Witzki, “Calvinism and John 6: An Exegetical Response, Part One”
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…
Paul V. Harrison, “A Free Will Baptist Catechism”
A Free Will Baptist Catechism By Paul V. Harrison The most common word translated “teach” in the New Testament is the Greek term didasko, from which we derive the word didactic. Another Greek word rendered…
Work Out Your Salvation: A Proper Illustration
Let’s look at a specific example: Philippians 2:12-13 “Work out your own salvation…for God is at work in you….” Some (e.g., D. M. Baillie) have labeled this the “paradox of grace.” I have used that…
Better Together Podcast: Episode 1 – Dr. Robert Picirilli – Freewill Baptist Theology
Dr. Robert Picirilli joins the Better Together Podcast to discuss Free Will Baptist theology. Dr. Picirilli has written two books specifically dealing with Free Will Baptist theology and distinctives. Please click here for the…
The Meaning of Christmas: Seven-Minute Seminary
Dr MIchael Pasquarello III of Seedbed, tells us about the meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas. Well see you in Thursday:
Friday Files, 6 December 2019
Happy St. Nicholas’s Day! (Yes, he’s a real person; yes he has a feast day; yes it’s this early in the month.) In the spirit of gift-giving, here’s the Friday Files, our bags of SEA…
Friday Files, 29 November 2019
It’s St. Saturnin’s Day (or, if you’re more of a Mammonist, it’s Black Friday). And since it’s Friday, it’s time for the Friday Files, our sampling of side-dish leftovers from SEA’s feast of archives. (Hey,…
Friday Files, 22 November 2019
It’s the Sts. Philemon and Apphia Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly plow across the field where we plant our archives. The views expressed in these links and stories are sometimes those of…
Martin Glynn, “Response to ‘Got Questions: Limited Atonement- Is It Biblical'”
Part II
In the last post I was looking at an article on Limited Atonement. There I talked about how the issue of Limited vs. Unlimited Atonement has less to do with the nature of the atonement…
Friday Files, 15 November 2019
It’s the Sts. Francis Asbury and George Whitefield Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly bulldoze through the tel that is our archives. The views expressed in the links and stories aren’t always those…
Martin Glynn, “Response to ‘Got Questions: Limited Atonement- Is It Biblical'”
Part I
An article was recently shared with me that had convinced an Arminian to become a Calvinist. It describes the doctrine of Limited Atonement. For those who are curious about my thoughts on the matter, I…
Three Things to Know About the “Vessels of Wrath”
They rejected God’s mercy in unbelief. In Romans 2:4, Paul introduces the vessels of wrath metaphor. Addressing Israel, he asks, “do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing…
Friday Files, 8 November 2019
It’s the Four Crowned Martyrs Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly browse through the links and articles we’ve posted on the first week in November in various years. Which years? Well they’re below.…
Theological Commission, “The Apologetics of Leroy Forlines Published”
A new book, The Apologetics of Leroy Forlines, by F. Leroy Forlines and J. Matthew Pinson, was recently published by Welch College Press, according to Matthew Bracey, managing editor of Welch College Press. “The book…
Kevin RK Davis, “What if Arminianism IS the Middle Ground?”
MANY CHRISTIANS TACKLE THE SOTERIOLOGICAL DEBATE I do not find myself as an island, having gone through a journey of soteriology. I’ve investigated and read up on the dominating Protestant theories on the matter. The…
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