“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.” Similarly, John 9:4 states: “‘We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it…
Grace
Roy Ingle, “Please God, Let Me Sin”
“Please God, let me sin!” This is the cry of the antinomian. Often those who hold to so called “free grace” teaching like to say that they are not wanting to allow for sinful living…
What About Salvation vs Damnation for Those Who Sincerely Seek for God But Are Deceived by a False God/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…
Eric Landstrom, “Is Resistible Grace Effectual?”
Here is a point of Wesleyan-Arminian theology that most Calvinists don’t know about: While both Calvinists and Wesleyan-Arminians like myself hold to the doctrine of total depravity, the difference between Calvinism and Arminianism is that…
Eric Landstrom, “Provisionism: Forgetting What Shouldn’t Be Forgotten, Part II: A Defense of Inward Grace”
In my prior article, “Provisionism: Forgetting What Shouldn’t Be Forgotten,” [1] I sought to introduce an important theological course correction.” Writing from a classical Wesleyan-Arminian perspective, my goal was to reframe the debate away from…
Richard Coords, “Proverbs 1:24-30”
“‘Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; and you neglected all my counsel and did not want my reproof; I will also laugh at your calamity;…
Eric Landstrom, “Provisionism: Forgetting What Shouldn’t Be Forgotten”
Introduction: The Pneumatological Crisis of Provisionism To understand the mechanics of salvation, one must inevitably confront the state of the unbeliever prior to faith. Specifically, what is the precise nature of the Holy Spirit’s activity…
Video: An Appeal to Provisionists
In this video, SEA member Dan Chapa takes a shot at trying to get Arminians and Provisionists on the same page. The video below may also be accessed on YouTube through this link.
Does Acts 16:14 Support Calvinism’s View That Grace/Faith Is Irresistible for the Elect and Impossible for the Non-Elect?
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 from…
Roy Ingle, “The Father is Seeking”
“But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.”– John 4:23 ESV Calvinism…
How Do You Briefly Respond to the Claim of Some Calvinists That We Do Not Do Anything to Receive Salvation?
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 comments…
Ben Henshaw, “Was God’s Choice of His People Through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Unconditional and Arbitrary?”
Question: Was He helpless to save them? God chose Abraham and Israel not because of anything wonderful about them, but because He determined to be gracious to them and not to the rest of mankind. Answer: Actually,…
Ben Henshaw, “Refuting Social Media Calvinism #2: The Usual Prooftexts”
Total Depravity (Romans 3:10-12; Ephesians 2:1-3) As an Arminian I don’t have a problem with affirming total depravity. I likewise hold to the need for divine enabling in order to believe. But unlike Calvinists, Arminians…
Richard Coords, “Job 1:9-12”
“Then Satan answered the LORD, ‘Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work…
William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 6: Grace and Its Related Attributes”
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 6: Grace and Its Related Attributes” from pp. 346-47 of the first volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A…
Richard Coords, “Nehemiah 9:28-31”
“But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You; Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. When they cried again to You,…
Richard Coords, “2 Chronicles 24:19”
“Yet He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD; though they testified against them, they would not listen.” This is reminiscent of Matthew 23:37, and in fact, God said of the…
Roy Ingle, “But I Want To Sin”
I was listening recently to a radio program that is hosted by an antinomian who teaches that since all our sins were forgiven in Christ Jesus at the cross (John 19:30), then it logically follows…
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, “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…
