Waldemar Kowalski, “Once Saved, Always Saved?” from Enrichment Journal.
Perseverance
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…
Robert Hamilton. “Does Hebrews 6:6 Teach that Apostasy is Without Remedy?”
In this article Mr. Hamilton reexamines this controversial verse to discover whether a person can regain his salvation after losing it. Please click on the attachment to view Robert Hamilton’s “Does Hebrews 6:6 Teach that…
Saving Faith in the Greek NT
Saving Faith in the Greek NT – click on attachment: Saving Faith in the Greek NT
Saving Faith is the Attitude of a Life (Scholarly Evidence)
Saving Faith is the Attitude of a Life (Scholarly Evidence) – click on the attachment.
Scriptures Used to Support Conditional and Unconditional Security
Scriptures Used to Support Conditional and Unconditional Security – click on PDF
David A. deSilva, “Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-rhetorical Investigation (Part 2)”
Please click on the attachment to view David A. deSilva, “Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-rhetorical Investigation (Part 2)”, Tyndale Bulletin 50.2 (1999) 225-35: Desilva_Hebrews 6 Part 2 This is the second part of a two part article.…
David A. deSilva, “Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-rhetorical Investigation (Part 1)”
Please click on the attachment to view David A. deSilva, “Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-rhetorical Investigation (Part 1)”, Tyndale Bulletin 50.1 (1999) 33-57: deSilva_Hebrews 6 Part 1 This is the first part of a two part article.…
Scot McKnight, “Blog Posts on Post-Calvinism”
Please click on the attachment to view McKnight, Scot. “Blog Posts on Post-Calvinism”
This file is a collection of blog posts made by distnguished New Testament scholar Scot McKnight at his blog, Jesus Creed
Scot McKnight, “The Warning Passages in Hebrews: A Formal Analysis and Theological Conclusions”
Please click on the attachment to view Scot McKnight, “The Warning Passages in Hebrews: A Formal Analysis and Theological Conclusions” (published in Trinity Journal 13NS [1992] 21-59).
Robert Hamilton. “Can a Person Accidentally Commit the Unpardonable Sin?”
Mr. Hamilton discusses whether a believer can accidentally commit the unpardonable sin. “In Matthew chapter twelve Jesus gave one of his most unusual and most misunderstood teachings, concerning what is commonly referred to as the…
I. Howard Marshall, “The Problem of Apostasy in New Tesament Theology”
Please click on the attachment to view I. Howard Marshall, “The Problem of Apostasy in New Tesament Theology”, published as an epilogue to I. Howard Marshall, Kept by the Power of God: A Study of Perseverance…
Robert Hamilton. “When an Immunization Becomes Fatal. Thoughts on Perseverance in Faith.”
Mr. Hamilton discusses the necessity of Perseverance. “There are many churches in the United States that, like the imaginary health clinic in the scenario above, are unwittingly administering “sugar-water” immunizations to their members. These churches…
Josh Ratliff, Apostasy in the Wilderness: Examining the Theology in the Use of the Wilderness Narratives in 1 Cor 10:1-13 and Heb 3:7-4:13
Click on the link to view Josh Ratliff, Apostasy in the Wilderness: Examining the Theology in the Use of the Wilderness Narratives in 1 Cor 10:1-13 and Heb 3:7-4:13.
John Wesley, “Serious Thoughts on the Perseverance of the Saints”
John Wesley (Perseverance)
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Nicholas S. Noyola, “Faith Without Applause: Navigating the Praiseworthiness Puzzle”
David F. Watson, “A Theological Revival”
Video: Joseph Hellerman, “When the Church Was a Family” (On the Corporate Orientation of NT Culture)
Roy Ingle, “Arminius on Grace and Free Will”
