If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the second episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This…
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FWS Podcast: Christian Roots (Part 1)
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the first episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This…
J.D. Walsh, “Wesley Vs. Whitefield”
Please click on the link to view J.D. Walsh, “Wesley Vs. Whitefield.” Please note that at one point the article says that the Wesleys denied predestination, but it is important to understand that they denied…
Craig Keener and John Walton, “The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart” from the “NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible”
From the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, edited by Craig S. Keener and John H. Walton. This article explains how Egyptians would have understood their pharaoh’s heart “hardening.” It’s similar to the ideas expressed in…
John Calvin: Heresy Hunter with an Axe to Grind
“Does a fountain send forth at the same place both sweet and bitter water?” (James 3:11, KJV) Did you know that John Calvin staunchly believed that executing unrepentant heretics was justified? Did you know that…
Kevin RK Davis, “Wesley: Reformation of the Heart”
In recognition of the upcoming Reformation Day, here is Kevin RK Davis’s final post celebrating the Reformation. WESLEY: REFORMATION OF THE HEART
Ed Stetzer, “One-on-One with Jeffrey Barbeau on Methodism”
Ed Stetzer interviews Dr. Jeffrey Barbeau about his latest book. Dr. Barbeau serves as Professor of Theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. To view Ed Stetzer, “One-on-One with Jeffrey Barbeau on Methodism,” via Christianity Today…
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?.
Roy Ingle, “Not All Puritans Were Calvinist!”
I wanted to give a quick post about an excellent book edited by John Wagner entitled, Redemption Redeemed: A Puritan Defense of an Unlimited Atonement. The book is edited by John and features the biblical defense of the…
Is Your Soteriology Hermanszoonian? (Quiz)
IS YOUR SOTERIOLOGY HERMANSZOONIAN? Everyone has at least some sort of systematic theology. Even if, say, “Mr. Smith” denies he has one, we could call it “Smithism.” Simply having an “-ism” attached to a set…
Wesley’s View of Grace – Wynkoop
In some contrast to Calvinism which emphasized the majestic POWER of God (He creates and redeems because He can do so and wills to do so), and Arminius who emphasized the JUSTICE of God (He…
Moses M. Smart, A Brief View of Christian Doctrine
Please click on the link to view Moses M. Smart, A Brief View of Christian Doctrine. (Lowell: N. L. Dayton, 1843). This is a 300+ page systematic theology from the Freewill Baptist tradition. The file was…
Why All Christians Should Celebrate All Saints Day
All Saints Day, which is tomorrow, is an important yet seemingly forgotten holiday among evangelical Christians. Now this is my personal opinion. While I am writing this for SEA, I am not writing this as…
A Sketch Of The Life Of James Arminius
The Wesley Center Online has many different sources on Arminian theology. The link is a very basic sketch of who James Arminius was and links to his works. http://wesley.nnu.edu/arminianism/the-works-of-james-arminius/volume-1/a-sketch-of-the-life-of-james-arminius/
Roy Ingle, “Arminius on Water Baptism”
The following is taken from The Works of Arminius on baptism. Arminius held to baptism by sprinking and he also practiced and taught infant baptism as can be seen from this article. This is one area of…
Book Review: Jacob Arminius: The Man from Oudewater by Rustin E. Brian
Click on the link to read Dr David T. Fry’s review of Jacob Arminius: The Man from Oudewater (Cascade, 2015) by Rustin E. Brian, published in Themelios, Volume 41, Issue 2.
William Lane Craig, The Atonement
Please click on the link to view William Lane Craig, The Atonement (Elements in the Philosophy of Religion; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) (doi:10.1017/9781108558020). Here is an abstract: The Atonement offers in a concise compass an…
Arminianism, Calvinism, and Their Influence Upon John Wesley
Jacob Arminius (1559 – 1609) was a Dutch pastor and scholar who spent most of his career as a pastor in Amsterdam. He served as professor of theology at the University of Leiden for about…
Ryan N. Danker, “Constrained to Deviate: John Wesley and the Evangelical Anglicans”
Please click on the link to view Ryan N. Danker, “Constrained to Deviate: John Wesley and the Evangelical Anglicans” (Th.D. dissertation; Boston University School of Theology, 2012). This is the author’s doctoral dissertation. And here is…
Thomas Edward Dow, “The Evangelical Ecumenism of James Arminius”
This is the author’s doctoral dissertation completed for the University of Waterloo in 1980. The author’s abstract is included below. To access the dissertation, please click on the link: Thomas Edward Dow, “The Evangelical Ecumenism of James…
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