Salvation by Grace Through Faith, and Its Implications for Eternal Security by forlinianslip A judge of evangelical orthodoxy has been the Pauline maxim, “Salvation by grace through faith.” Arminians have consistently understood this as God’s…
Perseverance
A Brief Note on the Assemblies of God Position Paper on “The Security of the Believer”
This is just a brief note to draw attention to a mistake in the Assemblies of God position paper on “The Security of the Believer,” a note that has been added to the original post of…
Assemblies of God Position Paper: “The Security of the Believer”
Below is a paper that was published by the General Presbytery of the Assemblies of God explaining their reasoning in regard to the security of the believer. In was published in 1978 and has remained…
A Telling and Ironic Tweet by John Piper on “Waking up in the Morning” as a Believer
Calvinist John Piper recently gave the following Tweet: I fall asleep quietly confident that I will be a believer in the morning not because of my free will but God’s free grace. This is an obvious…
Donald C. Stamps on Individual Apostasy
The following is from Donald C. Stamps, Life in the Spirit Study Bible, pp. 1962-63: The Greek words for apostasy appear twice in the NT in the noun form apostasia, (Acts 21:21; 2 Thes 2:3)…
The FACTS of Salvation
S: Security in Christ
Security in Christ (the S in FACTS) [Cf. Article 5 of the 5 Articles of the Remonstrance] At base, “Security in Christ” means that a person’s salvation is secure as long as he is in Christ,…
The FACTS of Salvation: A Summary of Arminian Theology/the Biblical Doctrines of Grace
The FACTS of Salvation: A Summary of Arminian Theology/the Biblical Doctrines of Grace By Brian Abasciano (For a pdf file of the present article, see here.) The distinctive tenets of Arminian theology may…
Brian Abasciano, “Outline of Approaches to the Warning Passages in Hebrews”
Approaches to the Warning Passages in Hebrews by Brian Abasciano [The pdf attachment has better formatting and can be accessed here.] The heavy emphasis in Hebrews on exhortation to persevere in faith in Christ and warning…
Practical Problems With OSAS
Note: It should be obvious from the content of the post, but the version of OSAS that I am arguing against in this post is what has been termed by some as the ‘Alpha View’.…
The Question of Perseverance in Philippians 1:6
Arminians are not of one mind with regard to the doctrine of perseverance. Some Arminians see perseverance as a gift which God gives to those who respond to the gospel in faith. These Arminians believe…
Jesus Preaching OSAS?
A little theological humor:
Eternally secure, provided that…
The debate over eternal security among various stripes of evangelicals is unlikely to go away any time soon. Some assert that upon conversion believers are guaranteed their salvation cannot be lost. Others disagree by claiming…
A Day With Arminius Session 4: Sin and Salvation
This is the fourth video in a fantastic series of lectures by Dr. Keith Stanglin and Dr. Thomas McCall on who Jacob Arminius was, and what he believed. McCall and Stranglin wrote the book Jacob…
Waldemar Kowalski, “Once Saved, Always Saved?”
Waldemar Kowalski, “Once Saved, Always Saved?” from Enrichment Journal.
Thoughts on Apostasy from I. Howard Marshall and Robert Picirilli
I. Howard Marshall finds four biblical dangers that could serve as precursors to a believer giving up their faith in Christ and committing apostasy. Persecution by Unbelievers – “Believers . . . are frequently tempted…
Some Good Comments from Robert Shank on Rom 8:28-29
Robert Shank wrote: “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate,…
Douglas W. Kennard, “Petrine Redemption: Its Meaning and Extent”
Please click on the attachment to view Douglas W. Kennard, “Petrine Redemption: Its Meaning and Extent”, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 30/4 (December 1987) 399-405. Kennard. Petrine Redemption_0
Dr. Vic Reasoner, “Does God Have An Eraser?”
Please click on the attachment to view Dr. Vic Reasoner, “Does God Have An Eraser?”
The Fifth Article of the Remonstrants – Womack
The following is the fifth article that the Remonstrants wrote against unconditional perseverance and which they presented to the Calvinists at the Synod of Dort (1618-1619). Laurence Womack provides numbers of Scriptures to support each…
John Goodwin, “Redemption Redeemed”
Now available here online, John Goodwin’s Redemption Redeemed may be the best defense of Arminianism ever written. Published in 1651 by the Arminian Puritan John Goodwin (1593-1665), it is written in seventeenth century English with…
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