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John Stonestreet and Shane Morris, “The Insanity of Denying Free Will”
Brian Abasciano, “How Do Predestination and Free Will Go Together? A Simple, Succinct Answer”
There is certainly a place for extensive, detailed answers to questions about profound, complex matters. But there is also a place for brief, simple answers to such questions. Here is an attempt to simply and…
Richard Watson, “To the Operation of This Divine Spirit, This Precious Gift of Christ, We Owe All Our Ability to Think & Speak & Act According to the Will of God” (pub. 1854)
Richard Watson, Institutes, vol. 2 (1836), p 447: It is allowed, and all Scriptural advocates of the universal redemption of mankind will join with the Calvinists in maintaining the doctrine, that every disposition and inclination to…
“Arminianism” defined, by Rev. Richard Watson (1832)
“The memory of Arminius is frequently loaded with imputations the most unreasonable & unjust.” “It is fair to the character of Arminius, and useful to the interests of religious truth, to revert to his own…
VIDEO: How Prevenient Grace “Works”
This YouTube video was published February 26, 2023: https://youtu.be/fsSUpqG-mCo From the Description: I share my thoughts and then quotes from a few Arminian authors to see what Arminians think the Holy Spirit is doing when we…
Charles Wesley, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”
In light of the current Christmas season of 2023, we posted yesterday on Arminian churchman Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley) and his Christmas carol “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” As that post mentioned, Charles…
Charles Wesley, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Arminian churchman and brother of John Wesley, Charles Wesley, is considered to be one of the greatest hymn writers of all time and was labeled by one Christian History article as the “greatest hymn writer of…
BT Roberts, “Restraint of the Holy Spirit” (pub. 1912)
From BT Roberts, in Pungent Truths (published 1912), a book compiled from the editorial paragraphs written while he was editor of The Free Methodist (HT: @RealBTRoberts, via Twitter): The wicked are not wholly destitute of the Spirit of…
Mark K. Olson, “Early Methodist Christology”
Christmas is a season we celebrate the incarnation. The 18th century saw the rise of anti-Trinitarian theologies that undermined belief in Christ’s deity. Some scholars argue that John Wesley held a deficient view of the…
VIDEO: New Arminian #shorts
Over the past year, a number of YouTube Shorts (1 minute videos) have been released on “The Arminians” YouTube channel, including the topics of Grace, Atonement, and Election. The playlist can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFt7yxv9TBWUJEhYOkV6SlphlPJ3uM7b&si=tsOnQH3KrdtmZO94…
A New Catechism from the Global Methodist Church
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] The Global Methodist Church has released a new Catechism: PDF link. This is an exciting step. It has been a long time since we had a new official Wesleyan-Arminianism Catechism.…
Two Free Online Courses on Wesleyan Theology with Dr. Ken Collins
There are now two courses with Dr. Collins online, with free access, at biblicaltraining.org: Wesleyan Theology I (21 lectures): https://www.biblicaltraining.org/wesleyan-theology1/ken-collins Wesleyan Theology II (19 lectures): https://www.biblicaltraining.org/wesleyan-theology2/ken-collins Dr. Ken Collins is also the author of The Theology of John…
Allen Tennison, “What We Believe About … Salvation”
This article is part of a series on the Assembly of God Statement of Fundamental Truths. Please click on the link to view Allen Tennison, “What We Believe About … Salvation.”
VIDEO: “Where Do We Find Prevenient Grace in Scripture?”
This YouTube video was published March 9, 2023: https://youtu.be/dqF4nRNjVmY From the description: In this video I survey some of the passages that describe the pre-regenerating work of the Holy Spirit (prevenient grace).
Edward H. Dewart, “The Life & Theology of Arminius” (1875)
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] We deem, it, therefore, not inappropriate, in this first number of our METHODIST MAGAZINE—a part of whose mission will be to expound and defend our Scriptural, Arminian theology—by a…
Wilbur F. Tillett, “The Holy Spirit’s Preparation of Man for Salvation” (1902)
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “The Holy Spirit is the author of every movement of man’s soul toward salvation… The Spirit of grace, which is but another name for prevenient grace, “is the sole…
Richard Watson on Mark 4:26-28: “The Success of the Gospel in the Hearts of Men Is as Certainly Produced by Divine Influence”
26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows…
VIDEO: “Why Prevenient Grace Matters”, Parts 1 & 2
This YouTube video series was published March 18 & 24, 2023: Part 1 https://youtu.be/A_H06Mgy6ZA , Part 2 https://youtu.be/YKxrQ4cpgDI Part 1: Part 2: From the Descriptions: Part 1: In this video, we look at how the doctrine of…
James Arminius on the Origin of Depravity or “Original Sin”
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] In a previous post, I shared some excerpts from Rev. Richard Watson stating that the origin of depravity was due to the withdrawing of the Spirit of God from man. I mentioned there…
Richard Watson on the Origin of Depravity: “The Withdrawing of That Spirit from Adam” (1832)
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.” – King David, Psalm 51:11 KJV “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law…
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Video: Arminian Denominations & Arminius’ Lutheran & Anabaptist Influences: “Who Are the Arminians?” Part 1
How Should We Respond to the Claim That the Calvinistic View of Predestination and Election Is Central to the Gospel?
N. T. Wright on Election in His Book *Paul and the Faithfulness of God*
Roy Ingle, “Keeps On Keeping”
