Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 10 excerpt continued the topic of Prevenient Grace with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
Prevenient Grace
What Causes Some to Make Good on the Prevenient Grace Given to Them? Part 2
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page where he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is further interaction from…
Thomas H. McCall, Book Review of Arminius and the Reformed Tradition by J. V. Fesko
Please click on the link to view Thomas H. McCall’s book review of Arminius and the Reformed Tradition by J. V. Fesko. Spoiler: McCall finds Fesko’s case that Arminius was Semi-Pelagian unconvincing.
Ed Jarrett, “Who Does the Father Give to Jesus?”
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will…
David deSilva, “How Does God Save Us? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 17 excerpt continued the topic of Prevenient Grace with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
David deSilva, “How Does Grace Dawn in the Helpless Soul? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 24 excerpt continued the topic of Prevenient Grace with Dr. deSilva’s commentary on Question…
Is Prevenient Grace Distributed Equally to All?
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…
What Causes Some to Make Good on the Prevenient Grace Given to Them, and Others Not, and Where Does faith Come From?
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 questions…
David deSilva, “Can We Free Ourselves from the Misery of This Condition? (Global Methodist Church Catechism)”
Seedbed has been posting excerpts, once a week, from Christian Faith and Doctrine: An Annotated Catechism for the Global Methodist Church. The October 3 excerpt continued the topic of Total Depravity and our need for Prevenient Grace…
How Far Back Does the Concept of Prevenient Grace Go?
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…
If We Are “Spiritually Dead” or “Totally Depraved,” How Does Conversion Come Before Regeneration?
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…
Matt O’Reilly, “Prevenient Grace VS Common Grace – Why They’re Not the Same”
What’s the difference between common grace and prevenient grace? Are these concepts compatible or contradictory? In this audio, we explore how God’s grace works in Wesleyan and Reformed theology, unpacking the meaning of prevenient grace…
Nicholas Rudolph Quient, “The Light of God in Christ: Christology and Prevenient Grace in the Prologue of John”
Please click on the link to view Nicholas Rudolph Quient, “The Light of God in Christ: Christology and Prevenient Grace in the Prologue of John,” The American Journal of Biblical Theology Vol 26(35) Aug 31,…
Some Calvinist Scholars Admit That Arminianism Is Neither Pelagian Nor Semi-Pelagian
From Calvinist scholars Robert A. Peterson and Michael D. Williams, Why I Am Not An Arminian, p. 39: Does the antipathy between Calvinism and Arminianism suggest that Pelagius, the arch-opposite of Augustine, is the proper…
How Do You Answer the Calvinist Appeal to John 3:19-21 to Argue That the Creation of a New Nature Is Necessary for Coming to Christ?
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…
When You Say Someone Is “Enabled” to Believe, Does That Mean the Person Doesn’t Understand or Believe Heaven or Hell and Eternal Damnation Yet?
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…
Ben Henshaw, “Q&A: If Putting Faith in Christ is a Morally Good Deed, Doesn’t That Mean We Merit Salvation to Some Degree?”
Full Question: If I am saved and my cousin is not. God loves us all, He gave His Son for all, He gave His grace that is to lead us to salvation to all of us.…
Gordon Fee on Prevenient Grace and the Spirit’s Role in Proclamation
These quotations are from Gordon D. Fee, God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul (Baker Academic, 2009): Regarding 1 Thes 1:5-6: “They became converts (v. 5) not on the basis of…
William Burt Pope on the History of Debate Over Preliminary Grace
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope on the History of Debate Over Preliminary Grace from pp. 386-90 of the second volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A Compendium of Christian Theology.…
Steve Witzki, “A Preliminary Defense of Prevenient Grace”
The work of conversion is always initiated by the grace of God. John Wesley believed that God’s prevenient grace was intended to be for all people. He said “the grace or love of God, whence…
