Calvinism’s conception of spiritual death undergirds its belief that Regeneration Precedes Faith. In this essay, I contend that Calvinists do not have a correct understanding of spiritual death, that, in fact, their conception appears flawed…
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Spiritual Death: Lazarus or the Prodigal Son?
Thomas Taylor, A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism
Please click on the attachment to view Thomas Taylor, A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism This work from 1819 is an open letter to John Wesley from Thomas Taylor, who composes ten…
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.…
Leo G. Cox, “Prevenient Grace-A Wesleyan View”
Please click on the attachment to view Leo G. Cox, “Prevenient Grace-A Wesleyan View,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 12 (1969): 147-60. Cox. Prevenient Grace
Jack Cottrell, “PHARAOH AS A PARADIGM FOR ISRAEL IN ROMANS 9:18”
Please click on the attachment to view Jack Cottrell, “PHARAOH AS A PARADIGM FOR ISRAEL IN ROMANS 9:18”.
Jack W. Cottrell, Response to Calvinist Bruce Ware Concerning Unconditional, Individual, Infralapsarian Election
This is Cottrell’s response to Bruce A. Ware’s essay, “DIVINE ELECTION TO SALVATION: UNCONDITIONAL,INDIVIDUAL, AND INFRALAPSARIAN”, both in Perspectives on Election: Five Views (Ed. Chad Owen Brand; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006). Click on the…
Jack W. Cottrell, Response to Universalist Thomas Talbott’s “Universal Reconciliation and the Inclusive Nature of Election”
This is Cottrell’s response to Thomas Talbott’s essay, “UNIVERSAL RECONCILIATION AND THE INCLUSIVE NATURE OF ELECTION”, both in Perspectives on Election: Five Views (Ed. Chad Owen Brand; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006). Click on the…
Jack W. Cottrell, Response to Calvinist Robert L. Reymond’s “A Consistent Supralapsarian Perspective on Election”
This is Cottrell’s response to Robert L. Reymond’s essay, “A Consistent Supralapsarian Perspective on Election”, both in Perspectives on Election: Five Views (Ed. Chad Owen Brand; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006). Unlike the version in…
Dorian G. Coover Cox, “The Hardening of Pharaoh
This article is posted with permission from the publisher, the scholarly journal Bibliotheca Sacra. Please click on the attachment to view Dorian G. Coover Cox, “The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart in its Literary and Cultural…
Francis Hodgson, “The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted”
Please click on the attachment to view Francis Hodgson, The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted: Being the Substance of a Series of Discourses.
Paul A. Himes, “WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 AND THE POWER OF CONTRARY CHOICE IN RELATION TO THE COMPATIBILIST-LIBERTARIAN DEBATE”
Please click on the attachment to view Paul A. Himes, “WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 AND THE POWER OF CONTRARY CHOICE IN RELATION TO THE COMPATIBILIST-LIBERTARIAN DEBATE,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society…
Vic Reasoner with James O. Jones, Jr., Review of F. Leroy Forlines, Classical Arminianism
[The following article was taken from http://fwponline.cc/v29n2/review-Classical-Arm_Reasoner-Jones.html and may also be accessed in the attachment.] Reasoner and Jones Review of Forlines. Classical Arminianism F. Leroy Forlines, Classical Arminianism . Nashville: Randall House, 2011. 379 pages…
Joshua Ratliff, “Ephesians 1:3-4: An Explanation of the Corporate and Christocentric Nature of Election”
Please click on the attachment to view Joshua Ratliff, “Ephesians 1:3-4: An Explanation of the Corporate and Christocentric Nature of Election” Ratliff. Ephesians 1.3-4. An Explanation of the Corporate and Christcentric Nature of Election
Robert Rakestraw. “John Wesley as a Theologian of Grace”
Please click on the attachment to view Robert Rakestraw. “John Wesley as a Theologian of Grace,” published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27:2 (June 1984): 193-203.
William Burt Pope, A Higher Catechism of Theology
A comprehensive Arminian catechism from 1883. Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope, A Higher Catechism of Theology.
Robert E. Picirilli, An Arminian Response to Open Theism
Please click on the attachment to view Robert E. Picirilli’s response to open theism in his article entitled, “AN ARMINIAN RESPONSE TO JOHN SANDERS’S THE GOD WHO RISKS: A THEOLOGY OF PROVIDENCE“, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 44/3 (September 2001) 467–91.
The One Purpose of Prayer
“Now, the whole thought in prayer is to get the will of God like that done in our lives and upon this old earth. The greatest prayer any one can offer is, “Thy will be…
The Diversity of Arminian Soteriology: Thomas Grantham, John Goodwin, and Jacobus Arminius
THE DIVERSITY OF ARMINIAN SOTERIOLOGY: THOMAS GRANTHAM, JOHN GOODWIN, AND JACOBUS ARMINIUS By J. Matthew Pinson (click on the link) The Diversity of Arminian Soteriology (Pinson)_0
“The Faith Factor” by Dr. Vic Reasoner
“If we are justified by faith, it should come as no surprise that the devil would attempt to redefine “faith.” Saving faith has been reduced to a one-time decision for Christ. However, the New Testament…
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Richard Coords, “Prophecy”
