Early Church Fathers - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:26:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Early Church Fathers - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Kevin Jackson, The Story of the Early Church https://evangelicalarminians.org/kevin-jackson-the-story-of-the-early-church/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:26:42 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28953 At my local church I taught a 7 week Sunday School class about the story of early Christianity. As part of that, I made a video for each week for Youtube. If early church history…

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]]> 28953 Early Augustine on Foreknowledge Compared to Memory https://evangelicalarminians.org/early-augustine-on-foreknowledge-compared-to-memory/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:04:07 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28606 [This post first appeared at Gospel Encounter where comments can be made] I do not remember where I first read Augustine’s comparison of foreknowledge to memory, but it stuck in my mind and I continue…

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]]> 28606 Micah Currado, “Determinism (Part 1) – Rejected by Early Church” https://evangelicalarminians.org/micah-currado-determinism-part-1-rejected-by-early-church/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:40:56 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27208 Is it possible for you to live a more holy life? Does God want you to sin? Does God grant grace to live in closer communion with Him? These questions are central to the Yield…

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]]> 27208 Mark K. Olson, “Clement of Alexandria: An Early Church Wesleyan?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/mark-k-olson-clement-of-alexandria-an-early-church-wesleyan/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:03:37 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26951 [To view the footnotes on this page, scroll down to the bottom of the page. Clicking on the hyperlinked footnotes will take you off site to the notes in the original article location.] Introduction When…

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]]> 26951 Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 13: Calvinism, Church History, and Prevenient Grace) https://evangelicalarminians.org/acceptingrejecting-calvinism-pt-13-calvinism-church-history-and-prevenient-grace/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:00:40 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16908 This is from a series of posts which was copied with permission from Jordan Apodaca’s blog, “Thoughts & Anti-Thoughts,” which can be accessed here: https://jordanapodaca.wordpress.com/ This particular post, which allows comments, can be accessed here: https://jordanapodaca.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/acceptingrejecting-calvinism-pt-13-calvinism-church-history-and-prevenient-grace/…

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]]> 16908 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 Ben Henshaw, “A Brief Review of ‘Free Will: Pagan and Unbiblical'” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-a-brief-review-of-free-will-pagan-and-unbiblical/ Mon, 17 Apr 2017 04:17:28 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16222 A Calvinists site promoted this video on their site a few years ago: “Free Will: Pagan and Unbiblical”. [Editor’s note on 3/12/2025: The video is no longer available.] I forced myself to watch it, which…

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]]> 16222 Augustine’s Evolving Views on God’s Sovereignty (Part 2) https://evangelicalarminians.org/augustine-evolving-views-on-gods-sovereignty-part-2/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=14893 We have been examining Augustine’s changing views on faith, free will, and God’s sovereignty. His original views on these topics evolved from a synergistic model (where God and man cooperate in coming to faith) to…

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]]> 14893 Augustine’s Evolving Views on God’s Sovereignty (Part 1) https://evangelicalarminians.org/augustine-evolving-views-on-gods-sovereignty-part-1/ Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:59:46 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=14891 In a previous post we examined Augustine’s changing views on free will. His original view regarding free will and faith mirrored that of the other early church writers and theologians. But later, Augustine articulated views…

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]]> 14891 The Cause of God and Presuppositions: Irenæus https://evangelicalarminians.org/the-cause-of-god-and-presuppositions-irenaeus/ Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:25:57 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=12945 English Baptist and theological hyper-Calvinist John Gill (1697-1771), in his work, The Cause of God and Truth, is found guilty of not only committing numerous logical fallacies regarding the writings of the early Church fathers…

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