Perseverance Series by Ben Henshaw - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:58:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Perseverance Series by Ben Henshaw - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Does Matthew 7:24-27 Support Once Saved Always Saved? https://evangelicalarminians.org/does-matthew-724-27-support-once-saved-always-saved/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:27:47 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=29806 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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]]> 29806 Ben Henshaw, “Perseverance of the Saints: Thirteen Part Series” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-perseverance-of-the-saints-thirteen-part-series/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:28:08 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26474 I thought it would be good to catalogue my series on perseverance into a single post for easy reference. After nearly sixteen years I think it still holds up pretty well. The only part I…

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]]> 26474 Perseverance of the Saints Part 13: Salvation Assurance https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-13-salvation-assurance/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-13-salvation-assurance/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:18 +0000 For the rest of the series, see here. We now come to the important topic of salvation assurance. Calvinists have often claimed that Arminians do not have solid ground for assurance because Arminians do not…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-13-salvation-assurance/feed/ 0 358 Perseverance of the Saints Part 12: Examining Passages Commonly Appealed to by the Advocates of Unconditional Eternal Security https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-12-examining-passages-commonly-appealed-to-by-the-advocates-of-unconditional-eternal-security/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-12-examining-passages-commonly-appealed-to-by-the-advocates-of-unconditional-eternal-security/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:58:08 +0000 For the rest of the series, see 5/6/2008-5/9/288, 5/12/2008-5/16/2008, 6/16/2008, 7/23/2008 Having examined the primary passages that teach apostasy we now examine the passages that the advocates of unconditional eternal security believe clearly support their…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-12-examining-passages-commonly-appealed-to-by-the-advocates-of-unconditional-eternal-security/feed/ 0 334 Perseverance of the Saints Part 11: Can Apostates Be Restored? https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-11-can-apostates-be-restored/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-11-can-apostates-be-restored/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:49:02 +0000 For the rest of the series, see here. Is Restoration Really Impossible? After studying the warning passages in Hebrews the question naturally arises: can an apostate ever be restored again to salvation? Is the repudiation…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-11-can-apostates-be-restored/feed/ 0 249 Perseverance of the Saints Part 10: Examining Wilderness Typology in Hebrews https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-10-examining-wilderness-typology-in-hebrews/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-10-examining-wilderness-typology-in-hebrews/#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:19:43 +0000 Some Calvinists have argued that the frequent references to the wandering Israelites in the desert suggest that the writer of Hebrews is not addressing apostasy from true faith. It is assumed that the wandering generation…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-10-examining-wilderness-typology-in-hebrews/feed/ 0 192 Perseverance of the Saints Part 9: Hebrews 10:32-39 https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-9-hebrews-1032-39/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-9-hebrews-1032-39/#respond Fri, 16 May 2008 04:49:41 +0000 We finish our exegetical examination of the warning passage in Hebrews 10 with verses 32-39: [32] “But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, [33] partly by…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-9-hebrews-1032-39/feed/ 0 147 Perseverance of the Saints Part 8: What Kind of Sanctification is Being Described in Hebrews 10:29? https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-8-what-kind-of-sanctification-is-being-described-in-hebrews-1029/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-8-what-kind-of-sanctification-is-being-described-in-hebrews-1029/#respond Thu, 15 May 2008 04:37:04 +0000 We now examine another interpretation that looks to make this sanctification merely outward with no internal reality. It looks to compare the sanctification described in 10:29 with the outward ceremonial cleansing referred to under the…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-8-what-kind-of-sanctification-is-being-described-in-hebrews-1029/feed/ 0 80 Perseverance of the Saints Part 7: Who is Sanctified in Hebrews 10:29? https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-7-who-is-sanctified-in-hebrews-1029/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-7-who-is-sanctified-in-hebrews-1029/#respond Wed, 14 May 2008 04:57:17 +0000 The content of this post was authored by Ben Henshaw and is posted on his behalf. We will now examine one of the alternative interpretations offered by the proponents of unconditional security concerning the apostate…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-7-who-is-sanctified-in-hebrews-1029/feed/ 0 70 Perseverance of the Saints Part 6: Hebrews 10:26-30 https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-6-hebrews-1026-30/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/perseverance-of-the-saints-part-6-hebrews-1026-30/#respond Tue, 13 May 2008 05:16:53 +0000 The content of this post was authored by Ben Henshaw and is posted on his behalf. We now examine what I consider to be the most significant warning against apostasy in the entire Bible: Hebrews…

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