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Roy Ingle, “Best Books for an Arminian View of God”

February 18, 2025 , SEA , Comment Closed

[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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Ben Henshaw, “Q&A: Exploring the Horrific Implications of Calvinist Determinism With Regards to God’s Desire to Save (or Not)”

February 12, 2025 , SEA , Comment Closed

Question: What I think you, and many Arminians fail to realize is the depth of human depravity and their unloveliness. Answer: Actually, Arminians fully affirm our depravity. Question: Men by nature HATE their GOD (as He is the…

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Steve Lemke on Irresistible Grace and Jesus’ Lament Over Jerusalem

December 19, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

Steve Lemke: “For example, hear again Jesus’s lament over Jerusalem: ‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem! [The city] who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together,…

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Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 3: Free Grace

November 1, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

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…

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Video: Calvinism Breaks Down in the Counseling Office

July 30, 2024 , drwayman , Comment Closed

SEA member Dan Chapa, moderator, and Dr. Dale V. Wayman, VP of the Society of Evangelical Arminians, discuss issues with Calvinism and counseling. The video can also be viewed on YouTube through this link.:

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Richard Coords, “Perfection”

June 19, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

Is the Calvinist concept of God the greatest conceivable Being? William Lane Craig responded to a Muslim’s question and concluded that Islam’s conception of God was not the greatest conceivable Being and so, naturally, one…

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Matt O’Reilly, “Why Crazy Love is Almost Wesleyan (but not quite) #FrancisChan”

May 7, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

It’s been more than ten years since I first read Francis Chan’s Crazy Love, and there was much then that I appreciated about it. I’ve been reading it again and still find much to commend,…

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How Do You Understand the Radical Diversity of Beliefs from Some Well Intentioned People Who Want to Believe but Can’t Bring Themselves to Commit to Belief?

April 5, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

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…

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Murray Vasser, “John Piper and Divine Schizophrenia: Has Piper Solved Calvinism’s Biggest Problem?”

March 27, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

Please click on the link to view Murray Vasser, “John Piper and Divine Schizophrenia: Has Piper Solved Calvinism’s Biggest Problem?” Firebrand (March 19, 2024) https://firebrandmag.com/articles/john-piper-and-divine-schizophrenia-has-piper-solved-calvinisms-biggest-problem.

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Dana Steele, “Explain Arminianism and Calvinism to Me Like I Am Eight Years Old”

March 20, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

My daughter came home from summer camp when she was 8 years old and told me she asked her counselor, “Do you believe that anyone can be saved or only certain people can be saved?”…

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