For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared for us to do.The beautiful thing about this verse is how close one feels with God when thinking that He…
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Ephesians 2:1-2; A Devotional
And you were dead because of the transgressions and sins in which you once walked, as the world has through the ages according to the ruler of domain of the air ; the spirit now working in the unyielding6 sons.
A major aspect of Christian life is remembering where you came from. Christianity is fundamentally a faith of redemption. Part of redemption is being redeemed from something.
There are two common problems we encounter when dealing with our sinful past.
Essay on Ephesians 2.1-10
I. Grace Is Essential Because Sinners Are In A “Dead” State Of Mind. (2:1-3) The Greek text of Ephesians 2:1 begins with, Kai hymas ontas nekros, literally, “and you were dead.” The New King James…
Roy Ingle, “The Arminian Understanding of the Atonement (Part 1)”
Louis Berkhof, in his systematic theology (p.393-394), points to agreements between Arminians and Calvinist. Berkhof states that the points of agreement are: 1. The sufficiency of Jesus’ atonement for all. [Editorial note: This phrase doesn’t mean the…
Roy Ingle, “Biblical Arguments For And Against An Unlimited Atonement (Part 1)”
When it comes to the doctrine of election, I believe the strength or weakness of the arguments for unconditional election lies in the doctrine of the atonement of Christ. If Jesus did in fact die…
Kingswood Hart, Exegesis of Romans 9-11
[This is a compilation of Kingswood Hart’s key exegetical posts on Romans concerning Romans 9-11. (Several of his posts on the structure of the letter have been left out but can be found at his…
Friday Files- The Book of Ephesians
The different books of the Bible emphasize different parts of God’s message to us. It is therefore unsurprising that certain books address the topics relevant to the Arminianism and Calvinism debate more so than others.…
2021 Leadership and Theological Education for Pastors and Church Leaders
Valley Baptist Missions Education Center, the Rio Grande Valley Baptist Association and Bible Lessons International invite you to their monthly Pastors’ meeting. How is the church to navigate such a divided and polarized world? How…
Roy Ingle, “Arminian Thoughts on John 10:25-30”
John 10:25-30 is one of the favorite passages by Calvinists who believe in eternal security. Somehow they believe that Arminians either don’t believe in this passage or that Arminians ignore what Jesus is teaching since…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 1: What Does it Mean to be “Dead in Sin?”
Calvinist John Hendryx takes a “synergist” to task in an article entitled Can We Make an Exact Analogy Between Unbelievers’ who are “Dead in Sin” and Believers who are “Dead to Sin”?(Excerpts From Debate in…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 14
The X-Calvinist Corner is a page on this website that shares the stories of people who were once Calvinist but have left Calvinism for a more Arminian theology. This series (The X-Calvinist Corner Files) highlights one of…
Friday Files, 13 March 2020
It’s the coronaviral pandemic edition… I mean the St. James Theodore Holly Day edition of the Friday Files. (Ditch that spirit of fear. Didn’t come from God.) So if you’ve nothing to do because everything’s…
Friday Files, 21 February 2020
It’s the St. Felix of Hadrumentum Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly visit to our archives. Because not everybody goes rooting around in there for fun, and there’s a lot worth rereading! Articles…
Friday Files, 14 February 2020
It’s the St. Valentine’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our weekly review (well, weekly when I’ve not unintentionally skipped a week) of the SEA archives. Articles and links won’t always reflect the views of…
Roger Olson, “A Sermon: ‘Grace Works’ Philippians 2:12-13”
No two verses in the Bible have been discussed and debated more than these together. Throughout Christian history, these two verses, this passage, has provided comfort and affliction to numerous Bible readers. Among the many biblical scholars, theologians and…
Friday Files, 18 October 2019
It’s the St. Luke’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our weekly review of the links and articles SEA posted long, long ago. Well, a year ago, five years ago, and 10 years ago, so……
Friday Files, 12 October 2019
It’s the Friday Files!… a day late, on Saturday. Sorry about that. Where I live, we have electrical problems. So I guess this is now the St. Wilfrid’s Day edition. Once again, we look back…
Friday Files, 4 October 2019
It’s the St. Francis of Assisi’s Day edition of the Friday Files, where we take a break from trying to find new content and show off a bunch of our previous content. It’s all good…
Friday Files, 20 September 2019
It’s the St. Fausta of Cyzicus’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our sixth-day look back at SEA posts and links of years ago. Sometimes they reflect SEA’s views; sometimes not. Sometimes members’ names are…
Friday Files, 6 September 2019
It’s St. Onesiphorus’s Day (he’s in the New Testament), and it’s the Friday Files. Once again, I summarize what SEA has put on our website in previous years, and you go, “Think I’ll read that……
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