Below is an excerpt from Harry A Ironside’s booklet, For God So Loved the World That . . . WHOSOEVER! God’s Saving Grace Available to All (works in the public domain): The universality of the offer…
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Harry A Ironside, “He ‘gave Himself’”
Below is an excerpt from chapter 3 “Substitution”, in Henry A Ironside’s 1944 book Great Words of the Gospel (works in the public domain; bold below mine): I do not have one particular text in…
Harry A Ironside Answers Questions About Predestination, Election & Assurance
Below is a Q&A from chapter 9, “Difficulties Which Hinder Full Assurance”, from Henry A Ironside’s 1937 book Full Assurance (works in the public domain): “Sometimes I am afraid that I am predestinated to be damned; if so, I can…
Highlighting an Important Series Critiquing The Calvinist Interpretation of Romans 9
Back in 2010 J.C. Thibodaux started what would eventually become a four part series on Romans 9, with special focus on the problems inherent in the typical Calvinist interpretation of Romans 9. This short series…
Romans 11:17-24 – Can Unbelieving Ethnic Israelites Still Be Saved? Can a Believer Stop Believing?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
“Does “Draw” Only Mean ‘Irresistible Dragging’?” by Johnny Sakr
Here is an interesting conversation regarding the Greek word ἑλκύω: http://freethinkingministries.com/does-draw-only-mean-irresistible-dragging/
Marks of the Loss of First Love
“Uncle Buddy” Robinson was a popular evangelist in the early Church of the Nazarene. He claimed to have preached 32,176 sermons and won 200,000 converts. His preaching style was known for it’s simplicity, yet is…
Romans 11:11-16 – Why has God hardened unbelieving ethnic Israelites?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Romans 11:1-6 – Has God rejected ethnic Israelites?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Romans 10:4-13 – Who is salvation for? Is it possible?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Romans 9:1-5 – Why is Paul so upset?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Romans 9-11: Key terms and categories
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Romans 9-11: Structure and summary
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
A Revamped Response to a Revamped Post That Was Terrible
So I was looking through Alpha and Omega ministries looking for a concise presentation of Dr. White’s view of Romans 9, for reference purposes, when I came across a primer in their blog roll. Now,…
God, Predestination & Foreknowledge
I recently heard someone say that God is watching and waiting, to see what we are going to do and what choices we will make. This person went on to say that because God is…
Romans 9:30-10:3 – Why have so many ethnic Israelites failed to obtain righteousness?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 14”
BEN: It seems reasonably clear that Arminius took the Calvinistic view that regeneration precedes conversion. I suppose it depends on what one means by regeneration— the ability to repent? In any case, various later Arminians…
Paradise Deserted: Can a True Christian Renounce Their Faith? (Apostasy Part 2)
But whether they are capable, through negligence, of forsaking again the first beginnings of their life in Christ, of again returning to this present evil world, of turning away from the holy doctrine which was…
Dr. Michael Brown Exegetes John 6:37-44
SEA member Dr. Michael Brown responds to a caller’s question on Calvinism and John 6:44. The The video can also be accessed at YouTube here.
Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 12”
BEN: I was reflecting on what you say on pp. 155-56 about ‘simul justus et peccator’ and it occurred to me what a difference there is between Luther and Wesley on this matter. Luther, famously…
