Within the Reformed Calvinist ordo salutis, regeneration precedes faith since it is impossible for totally depraved humanity to respond to God’s gift of salvation through His Son apart from the work of the Spirit in conversion…
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Mark K. Olson, “Early Methodists on the New Birth: George Whitefield, John Wesley, & John Fletcher”
The Evangelical Revival broke out in the 1730s with the central message, “You must be born again” (Jn 3:7). The two most famous evangelists of the new movement were George Whitefield (1714-1770) and John Wesley (1703-1791). They both…
H. Wayne Johnson, “Incorporative Election in Romans 11”
Please click on the link to view H. Wayne Johnson, “Incorporative Election in Romans 11.”
Roy Ingle, “How Easy It Is to Swerve From the Faith”
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you. –…
Roy Ingle, “Passing From Death To Life”
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” – John 5:24…
Richard Coords, “1 Kings 21:29”
“‘Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house…
Roy Ingle, “Acts 14:2 – An Interesting Verse”
For my Bible reading this year, I have been using the M’Cheyne Reading program and today I was reading in Acts 14 when I saw Acts 14:2. I have read this verse many times but today I…
Mark K. Olson on John Wesley’s Sermon, “Salvation by Faith”
Albert Outler referred to this sermon as Wesley’s “evangelical manifesto.” Wesley always included it first in his publications of his sermons, and for good reason. Salvation by Faith enunciates in the clearest terms Wesley “new gospel” of…
Roy Ingle, “Be Wary of Not Resisting Sin”
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. – Hebrews 12:4 For it, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of…
Roy Ingle, “The Drawing Power of the Holy Spirit”
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. – John 6:44 Therefore I want you to understand that no…
Does Circumcision of the Heart Refer to Regeneration Prior to Faith?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
Roy Ingle, “The Overcomers of Revelation 2-3”
The English Standard Version is my preferred Bible translation but the ESV follows the RSV in Revelation 2-3 by using the term “conquer” or “conquerors” in passages such as Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5,…
David deSilva, “Are We Made Righteous by Works? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has excerpts on its website from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. This excerpt provides David deSilva’s commentary on Question 18: 18. Are we made righteous by works?…
Ed Jarrett, “Submitting to Jesus’ Authority”
And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” Mark 1:27 (NASB 2020) Throughout the gospels,…
Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley on Life after Death”
What happens after physical death and before the future resurrection — often called the intermediate state? Assuming conscious existence after death (the standard view throughout church history), where do the departed go? And, what do…
Roy Ingle, “The Strongest Passage for Conditional Security”
Question: What is the strongest passage of Scripture for conditional security? Answer: I believe the single strongest portion of Scripture that one can find for teaching conditional security of the believer is found in Romans…
Mark K. Olson, “Is the ‘Servant’ Justified?”
[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 Over…
Video: “Born of God” and “Believes” in 1 John 5:1
In this episode, SEA member Dan Chapa and Calvinist TurretinFan discuss 1 John 5:1 in view of a recent challenge to Provisionists (neither Dan nor TurretinFan is a Provisionist) by Calvinist James White. In particular,…
William Burt Pope on the Tests of Prophecy as a Credential of Revelation
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope on the Tests of Prophecy as a Credential of Revelation from pp. 85-91 of the first volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A Compendium of…
What Causes Some to Make Good on the Prevenient Grace Given to Them? Part 2
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page where he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is further interaction from…
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