It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…
Evangelicalism
Mark K. Olson, “Major Themes in John Wesley’s Eschatology”
Abstract: This fourth installment of a six-part series highlights the central themes in Wesley’s eschatology. First, he believed the Evangelical Revival was preparing the way for the millennial reign of Christ through the conversion of…
Roy Ingle, “The Falling Away of Evangelicals”
I have been a Christian for almost fifteen years now and in my time as a disciple of Jesus, I have seen many people come and go. I have seen fads come and go. I…
Robert L. Brush, “Evangelical Faith”
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). The doctrine of salvation by grace through faith is the most important of all New Testament teachings. It…
Ben Keiser, “Lessons from Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstruction”
The YouTube comedy duo Rhett and Link are well-known for eating bizarre foods, making wacky music videos, and more recently, walking away from the Christian faith. Just over a month ago in two hour+ podcast…
Alister McGrath’s Tribute to the Late Arminian Scholar Michael Green
Please click on the link to view “Alister McGrath: Michael Green Taught Me the Importance of Evangelism,” Christianity Today (Feb 12, 2019) https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/february-web-only/alister-mcgrath-michael-green-tribute-evangelism.html?.
Teaching on John 10 – The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
This was teaching I developed over the past month and finally delivered yesterday during lunchtime at Mimi’s Cafe to a group of about 15 men. We’ve been going through the book of John and it…
Timothy Tennent, “Prevenient Grace: Why I am a Methodist and an Evangelical”
Please click on the link to read Timothy Tennent, “Prevenient Grace: Why I am a Methodist and an Evangelical”, from the author’s blog, originally published July, 2011. Prevenient Grace: Why I am a Methodist and an…
Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 5”
BEN: One of the major emphases in Stanglin and McCall’s fine book on Jacob Arminius is that Arminius did not agree with Beza et al. on the issue of monergism, which is to say that…
Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 2”
BEN: Roger you seem to spend a good deal of effort trying to say that Arminian theology could rightly be called a form of Reformed theology, though one distinct from high Calvinism at various points.…
Roger Olson, “Why I am an ‘Evangelical Arminian Christian’ Part 10: Wrapping Up ‘Why I Am an Evangelical, Arminian Christian’ (Final Installment)”
*First read my first nine posts in this series; they precede this blog post. *Now concludes a second part of this series; this series is about my reasons for being a Christian and for embracing…
Gospel Coalition Interview of Arminian Scholar Matt Pinson: “Meet a Reformed Arminian”
Jeff Robinson, a senior editor for The Gospel Coalition, interviewed Arminian scholar Matt Pinson on Robinson’s Gospel Coalition blog. Please click on the link to view the interview: “Meet a Reformed Arminian”.
Roger Olson, “Why I am an ‘Evangelical Arminian Christian’ Part 8: My Second Reason for Embracing ‘Evangelical, Arminian Christianity’: ‘Evangelical'”
*First read my first six posts in this series. They set forth my fundamental “principles” for living and thinking. *Now continues a second part of this series; this series is about my reasons for being…
Roger Olson, “Why I am an ‘Evangelical Arminian Christian’ Part 7: My First Reason for Embracing “Evangelical, Arminian Christianity”: Christianity”
*First read my first six posts in this series. They set forth my fundamental “principles” for living and thinking. *Now begins a second part of this series; this series is about my reasons for being…
James Leonard, “Why I’m an Arminian and Why Calvinism Is Dominating the Evangelical Book Market”
On our outreach Facebook discussion page, James Leonard, one of our vice presidents, briefly addressed the questions, “Why I’m an Arminian?” and “Why Calvinism is dominating the evangelical book market?” We thought his answers worth…
Eric Landstrom, “Thomas Oden’s Paleo-Orthodoxy”
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.…
Roger Olson, “Review of Oliver Crisp’s *Deviant Calvinism* Part One”
I have invited other interested persons to join me in this series. I will post occasional (tentatively about one chapter per week) reviews and others who read the book are welcome to agree, disagree, add…
Roger Olson, “Who’s a ‘Real Evangelical?'”
I had to laugh when I read a comment here (responding to one of my blog posts) calling me a “fauxevangelical.” The prefix “faux-” means “fake.” I’m not sure why the commenter didn’t just say…
Why Christians Don’t React With Violence
This post came from SEA member Dale Wayman’s blog Ironstrikes which was taken from the blog of Mike Lee While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob, with…
Michael C. Patton, “Evangelicals: We Can And Must Distinguish Between Essentials And Non-essentials Better”
Under our link for joining our society we have written: “If you agree with our statement of faith and our recognition of Calvinists as fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and you are committed to…
