H. Ray Dunning is the professor of theology at Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville. He was commissioned to produce a systematic theology in the Wesleyan tradition that is true to the doctrinal standards of the…
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Vic Reasoner, “Theological Uncertainty: A Critique of Ray Dunning’s Systematic Theology”
Richard Coords, “Cognitive Dissonance and Double Predestination”
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE Cognitive dissonance occurs among Calvinists when they try to distance themselves from the inevitable conclusions drawn by the logical implications of their own systematic. One example is that Calvinists insist that God ordains…
FWS Podcast: Lessons from Job (Parts 1-2)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher In this series of episodes, Dr. Vic Reasoner will be sharing lessons from the life of Job. This is…
Joseph D. McPherson, “Modern Altar Methods: An Inadequate Substitute for the Methodist Class Meeting”
It would be altogether unwise for one to discount the testimonies of any who claim to have received help at an altar of prayer, especially if they give evidence of having been transformed in heart…
A. J. Smith, “Counterfeit Conversions”
Few will dispute the fact that there is something seriously wrong with the methods employed by popular holiness evangelists and workers at the altar services. Popular evangelists have those who desire to be saved sign…
Richard Coords, “Doctrines of Grace”
The term “Doctrines of Grace” is a title Calvinists often use to identify their distinctive doctrines under the acronym for TULIP, such as signifying their belief in Elective Grace, Atoning Grace, Irresistible Grace and Persevering…
FWS Podcast: The Wesleyan Quadrilateral (Parts 1-2)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher In these episodes members of the Fundamental Wesleyan Society discuss the Wesleyan Quadrilateral.
Douglas A. Crossman, “Why the Holiness Movement Died”
In the Spring of 1994 Dr. Keith Drury preached a courageous and widely reported sermon to the Christian Holiness Association called “The Holiness Movement is Dead.” Briefly summarized, his reasons for the decline of the…
Vic Reasoner, “The Misconception of Unconditional Love”
The Christian counseling movement often uses the phrase “unconditional love.” They say that God’s love is unconditional. What exactly is meant by this phrase? God warned in Genesis 6:3 that His Spirit will not strive…
Friday Files: Arminian Heritage
History is an important part of theology. It is easy sometimes to think that we have been given the Scripture, and little has happened between then and now. However, the Spirit has not been inactive.…
Tom S. Kiser, “The Character of Pure Christianity”
Editorial Note: John Wesley was impressed by the sketch of a “Perfect Christian” written by Clement of Alexandria about 200 A. D. In 1742 Wesley wrote such a sketch himself, called “The Character of a…
Joseph D. McPherson, “How Is One To Seek The Experience Of Christian Perfection?”
Many examples could be cited that would trace the holiness movement’s departure from early Methodism’s heritage and teachings. One important example of such departure is found in the instructions currently given to those who are…
Friday Files: Calvinist Polemics
This week we are looking at arguments that Calvinists have levied against Arminianism. Can these critiques themselves bear scrutiny? J. C. Thibodaux, Answering Greg Elmquist’s “Four Unanswerable Questions” Martin Glynn, The Funniest Anti-Arminian Post I…
Joseph D. McPherson, “Adam Clarke’s Defense of Water Baptism”
The modern holiness movement has tended to place far less importance upon the sacrament of water baptism than did the New Testament Church. By so doing they have departed from a plain Scriptural pattern. In…
Video Interview with Luke Gowdy: “Do John 6 & 10 Support Calvinism?”
In this video, Luke Gowdy and Nicholas Noyola discuss the question, “Do John 6 & 10 Support Calvinism?” Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/live/kBSW6mQ1jhw?si=KspqV_edWXUv22dr
Richard Coords, “Determinism”
It is common for Calvinists to accuse non-Calvinists of misrepresenting Calvinism whenever we speak of it as “too deterministic.” For instance, Calvinistic apologist Matt Slick, stated in an online debate with Leighton Flowers that he…
Vic Reasoner, “Gliding With Grider”
The most recent attempt to state the Wesleyan interpretation of theology is found in Kenneth Grider’s A Wesleyan-Holiness Theology (Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 1994). Among Grider’s positive contributions: 1. He interprets “the old man” as…
FWS Podcast: Doctrinal Dialogues (Parts 11-12)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher In these Doctrinal Dialogues, members of the Fundamental Wesleyan Society have a roundtable discussion about various sermons by John…
Book Review: The Apologetics of Leroy Forlines
(review by Chris Talbot)
Please click on the link to read Chris Talbot’s review of The Apologetics of Leroy Forlines, by Leroy Forlines and J. Matthew Pinson (Welch College Press, 2019), from the Helwys Society Forum: Book Review: The Apologetics…
William Burt Pope, “Prevenient Grace” in A Compendium of Christian Theology, Vol. II (1877)
“This grace as the influence of the Spirit on the minds of men generally and of individual men before their personal acceptance is described in various ways. These may be classed as, first, referring to the…
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Roy Ingle, “Calvinism and the Atonement”
Why Does God Deny the Opportunity of Choice for or Against Him to Young Children Who Die and the Mentally Impaired?
Mark K. Olson, “Wesley’s ‘Warmed Heart’ at Aldersgate – What Really Happened?”
Adam Roe, “The Crucial Thread of Prevenient Grace: A Wesleyan Perspective on Divine Drawing”
