The below video can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/tEQN3nS_0Ec?t=1321. The link goes to the timestamp in the video when the sermon starts. The video itself contains more than just the sermon; it is…
God’s Love
Günther H. Juncker, “The Love of God: A Conundrum for Calvinists”
Please click on the link to view Günther H. Juncker, “The Love of God: A Conundrum for Calvinists.”
Richard Coords, “Deuteronomy 5:29”
“‘Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!’” This is reminiscent…
Kevin Jackson, “Does God Have a Secret Will that Contradicts His Revealed Will?”
One of the cores of Arminian theology is that God wants everyone to be saved. Two passages that teach that are 1 Timothy 2:3-4, and 2 Peter 3:9. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who…
Kevin Jackson, “A Wesleyan-Arminian Defense of the Penal Substitution Theory of Atonement”
This post is about why I believe the Penal Substitution theory of Atonement is compatible with the Wesleyan-Arminian theology. It is scripturally supported, it is easy to understand, it is advocated by Wesleyans and Arminians…
Roger Olson, “Why Calvinism’s Logic About God’s Goodness Fails”
Calvinists argue that, in spite of their belief that God, the God of the Bible, of Jesus Christ, renders all things that happen certain according to an eternally divided plan that is unalterable, they believe…
Richard Coords, “Genesis 18:25”
“‘Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the…
Arminian/Calvinist Challenge: Describe God’s Love for All
Both Calvinists and Arminians need to describe God’s love in a way that does justice to the amazing and imponderable way that is presented in the Bible. Arminians will have the easier route: God’s love…
William Burt Pope on the Spirit’s Application of the Atonement
The Spirit’s Application of the Atonement This Unity is further seen in the fact that the Holy Ghost administered every blessing as the special application of the Atonement. 1. As to Himself in His relation…
Wayne Hancock, “Salvation and Judgment in the Gospel According to John: An Exegetical Analysis of John 3:14-21”
Please click on the link to view Wayne Hancock, “Salvation and Judgment in the Gospel According to John: An Exegetical Analysis of John 3:14-21”. The paper argues that John 3:14-21 provides a summary of John’s…
Roy Ingle, “The Oft Error Made by Calvinists”
I make no secret about it that I enjoy Charles Spurgeon. I enjoy reading Spurgeon’s sermons and I enjoy studying this great saint’s life. I even named my second child after him, Haddon Spurgeon Ingle…
Richard Coords, “Salvific Will”
As much as Calvinists will deny this, I believe that at a subconscious level, a universal “salvific will” is offensive to Calvinists because it undermines their self-conception to holding an elite status. What do Calvinists…
Steve Lemke on Irresistible Grace and Jesus’ Lament Over Jerusalem
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,…
Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley as Spiritual Father, Part Two”
Introduction: in this two-part study we are looking at Wesley’s spiritual counsel to seekers of heart holiness. In Part One we examine Wesley’s understanding of two works of grace, the first wilderness state, attaining perfect…
Shocking, Eye-Opening Claim the Lost Can Make If Calvinism Is True
Recently saw this online, and it is quite a shocking, eye-opening, and profound truth bomb: On Calvinism: (the LOST): WE HATE GOD BECAUSE HE FIRST HATED US.
Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 3: Free Grace
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…
Does Election in Christ and Corporate Election Mean That Election and Salvation and Atonement Are Not Personal?
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 are some questions…
Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley as Spiritual Father, Part One”
[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.] This is…
Reconciling God’s Goodness with a Troubled World
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Roy Ingle, “The Providence of God In the Murder of Jesus”
John Piper, in his book Spectacular Sins, points out that God used the greatest sin in the Bible, the betrayal and murder of Jesus Christ, for His own purposes and for our eternal salvation. He is…
