From Rev. Richard Watson’s sermon, “God With Us”, preached in August, 1829 (bold mine): “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being,” Acts xviii, 28. […] The question, whether we are left…
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Richard Watson, “Man Is Not Only Indifferent, but Even Averse and Hostile to the Truth”
Richard Coords, “Intentions”
Where do fallen man’s evil intentions and bad motives come from? 1st John 2:16 states that it comes from the world: “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the…
David Gooding, “ROMANS 9–11: The Power, the Wisdom and the Glory: A Study of God’s Ways with Israel and the Nations”
Please click on the link below to read David Gooding, “ROMANS 9–11: The Power, the Wisdom and the Glory: A Study of God’s Ways with Israel and the Nations”, available for free download from the…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 27)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-seventh episode…
A. Skevington Wood, “The Declaration of Sentiments: The Theological Testament of Arminius”
Please click on the link to read A. Skevington Wood, “The Declaration of Sentiments: The Theological Testament of Arminius”, Evangelical Quarterly 65:2 (1993), 111-129) available online in PDF from BiblicalStudies.org.uk The Declaration of Sentiments: The…
Richard Coords, “Inerrancy”
Calvinists teach that if free-will was true, then it would overthrow biblical inerrancy because the human free-will of the prophet or apostle would be prone to introducing errors into the biblical text. Hence, only exhaustive…
F. Stuart Clarke, “Arminius’s Understanding of Calvin”
Please click on the link to read F. Stuart Clarke, “Arminius’s Understanding of Calvin”, Evangelical Quarterly 54.1 (Jan.-Feb. 1982): 25-35, available online in PDF from Biblical Studies.org.uk: Arminius’s Understanding of Calvin Related posts from…
Kirk R. MacGregor, “Constructing a Bernard-Hubmaier Trinitarian Model of Prevenient Grace”
Please click on the link to read Kirk R. MacGregor, “Constructing a Bernard-Hubmaier Trinitarian Model of Prevenient Grace”, Pro Ecclesia Volume 29 Issue 1 (2020), 68–88, available online at Sage Journals: Constructing a Bernard-Hubmaier Trinitarian…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 26)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-sixth episode…
Arminius on TULIP (The five points of Calvinism)
[This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com] Here are some quick, Scripture soaked quotes from James Arminius on each point of Calvinism’s TULIP (quotes from Declaration of Sentiments are from W. Stephen Gunter’s translation): Total depravity: yes. Without Divine assistance…
Better Together Podcast: Remembering F. Leroy Forlines
From the show description: Following the one year anniversary of his passing, we re-air this podcast with F. Leroy Forlines, long-time professor at Welch College. Bro. Forlines shared the story of the discovery-or rediscovery-of the…
Richard Coords, “In Christ”
In Christ Being “in Christ” implies believing-Christians being in union with Christ, that is, spiritually residing in the Body of Christ. After all, John 3:18 indicates that unbelievers remain condemned and judged, while Romans 8:1…
Mark K. Olson, “The Revival and Methodist Self-Understanding”
Abstract: This second installment [you can see the first one here] examines how early Methodists understood Methodism as an eschatological movement, called to help usher in the millennium through the proclamation of salvation and holiness.…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 25)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-fifth episode…
“Comments on The New City Catechism and Some New Answers to Questions 27 and 48″
[This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com] I have started working through The New City Catechism (produced by the Calvinist organization The Gospel Coalition together with Tim Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church) with my children, and I have been…
Richard Coords, “Humanity”
The deepest desire and need in the soul of every human being are to know that they are loved and that they matter. Calvinism teaches the opposite. Through Preterition and Reprobation, you may not matter…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 24)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-fourth episode…
Mark K. Olson, “Millennial Aspirations and the Problem of Religious Nominalism”
Abstract: This is part one of a five-part study on John Wesley’s eschatology. This opening article recounts the development of eschatology in England from the Protestant Reformation to the Evangelical Revival in the eighteenth century.…
Rejecting Calvinism| Dr. Brian Abasciano & Leighton Flowers Discuss Their Differences
The following video has SEA president Brian Abasciano and Provisionist founder Leighton Flowers discuss how Provisionism and Arminianism differ. The video can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/g4rMIt34ka4.
Richard Coords, “Holiness of God”
James 1:17 states: “Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.” One of the most fundamental…
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