In this prepisode, Arminian and SEA member Dan Chapa explains to Calvinist TurretinFan what Arminius taught on the topic of Predestination, in preparation for TurretinFan’s debate on Predestination with a non-Calvinist (and non-Arminian) opponent. The…
Question: Was He helpless to save them? God chose Abraham and Israel not because of anything wonderful about them, but because He determined to be gracious to them and not to the rest of mankind. Answer: Actually,…
“Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Similarly Psalms 84:11 states: “For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No…
Not even close: Does Arminian Theology Suggest That We Depend on Ourselves Instead of Christ for Salvation? Also: Perseverance of the Saints: Thirteen Part Series [Link to the original post and comments on Ben Henshaw’s website]
Total Depravity (Romans 3:10-12; Ephesians 2:1-3) As an Arminian I don’t have a problem with affirming total depravity. I likewise hold to the need for divine enabling in order to believe. But unlike Calvinists, Arminians…
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 8: The Union of Holiness, Righteousness, and Love in the Atonement as Administered in the Gospel” from pp. 352-53…
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope, “The Moral Attributes of God Part 7: Holiness and Love as Combined in Redemption” from pp. 348-51 of the first volume of his 3-volume systematic…
One of the mysteries of Calvinism is the struggle Calvinist theologians have had since Calvin as trying to understand the mystery of election. Probably one of the most difficult areas is the issue of God’s…
“But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You; Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. When they cried again to You,…
The Evangelical Revival broke out in the 1730s with the central message, “You must be born again” (Jn 3:7). The two most famous evangelists of the new movement were George Whitefield (1714-1770) and John Wesley (1703-1791). They both…
Please click on the link to view H. Wayne Johnson, “Incorporative Election in Romans 11.”
If Jesus died for all, does that mean all will be saved? Can sins be punished twice? Did Jesus waste His blood? Does a general atonement divide the Trinity? Does Scripture teach that the atonement…
The Tulip as a flower first came to England in 1578. The very same year the complete Geneva Bible was first printed in England. In those days there was such a thing as “Tulip Mania”.…
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you. –…
The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/bMswajIqe_8.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” – John 5:24…
For my Bible reading this year, I have been using the M’Cheyne Reading program and today I was reading in Acts 14 when I saw Acts 14:2. I have read this verse many times but today I…
Albert Outler referred to this sermon as Wesley’s “evangelical manifesto.” Wesley always included it first in his publications of his sermons, and for good reason. Salvation by Faith enunciates in the clearest terms Wesley “new gospel” of…
Click on the link to view Evan Minton, “R. C. Sproul’s Failed Attempt To Explain Matthew 23:37-38.”
Please click on the link to view Travis Stevick, “The Wesleyan Understanding of Salvation, Part 1: Prevenient/Preventing Grace.”
