“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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E. Norman Brush, “Prevenient Grace In The Book Of Acts”
The grace of God that comes to a person before the new birth to awaken and arrest him to unseen realities and causes him to see his sinfulness and helpless estate is sometimes call prevenient…
Robert L. Brush, “Prevenient Grace”
Definition The moving of the Holy Spirit upon the heart before the new birth. The importance of understanding the doctrine This doctrine of the holy Scriptures is a very comforting and encouraging truth when properly…
Thank God for His Prevenient Grace
To do the work needed on our vehicle, part of the dash had to be removed. Jeff was the technician that did the work. He was quite personable. When I picked up the vehicle, Jeff…
H.A. Ironside comments on Prevenient Grace and “Sanctification of the Spirit”
“In all these passages [1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:2, and Romans 15:16] it is of the utmost importance, in order to rightly apprehend the truth intended to be conveyed, to observe…
David Fry, “God’s Gracious Provision: A Theological Defense of the Wesleyan Concept of Prevenient Grace”
Please click on the link to open a PDF copy of David Fry, “God’s Gracious Provision: A Theological Defense of the Wesleyan Concept of Prevenient Grace”, a paper from 2014 Aldersgate Forum, and made available…
Johnathan Arnold, “10 Things You Should Know About Prevenient Grace”
Please click on the link to read Johnathan Arnold, “10 Things You Should Know About Prevenient Grace”: Johnathan Arnold, “10 Things You Should Know About Prevenient Grace”
Dan Sheffield, “Mission, Witness and Prevenient Grace”
Please click on the link to read Dan Sheffield, “Mission, Witness and Prevenient Grace”, available from the author’s blog: Dan Sheffield, “Mission, Witness and Prevenient Grace” Related posts: How Prevenient Grace Shapes Our Missional…
Friday Files: Prevenient Grace.
It’s the Friday Files, SEA’s regular dig though our archives, ’cause not everybody realizes just what’s in there! SEA members’ names are in blue, and just to remind you—the views expressed in any articles and…
Clive Burrows, “Prevenient Grace: A Wesleyan Perspective on Mission”
Please click on the PDF link below to view Clive Burrows, “Prevenient Grace: A Wesleyan Perspective on Mission“ (1998), from Proceedings of the First European Nazarene Theology Conference, 16–19 April 1998 Büsingen, Germany, “Towards a…
Addressing Ed Dingess’ Critique Of My Prevenient Grace Article
I recently was contacted by a theologian named Ed Dingess who runs the website www.reformedreasons.com letting me know that he had wrote a “refutation” of my Maximally Great Argument against Calvinism, and if you’ve been…
Arminian Essentials: Prevenient Grace
Calvinists sometimes argue that prevenient grace is not grounded in scripture. In this video, Dr. Matt O’Reilly explains how prevenient grace is clearly seen in two 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 and Acts 2:37-38. Matt O’Reilly (PhD,…
Common Grace and Prevenient Grace: What’s the Difference?
Many people think “common grace” and “prevenient grace” are two ways of talking about the same idea. In this video, SEA member Matt O’Reilly explains the crucial difference between the two and why the Arminian…
Abner F. Hernandez, “The Doctrine of Prevenient Grace in the Theology of Jacobus Arminius”
Please click on the link to view Abner F. Hernandez, “The Doctrine of Prevenient Grace in the Theology of Jacobus Arminius” (2017). Dissertations. 1670. Available online in PDF from Digital Commons at Andrews University: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/1670 From…
Brian Shelton, “The Biblical Case for Prevenient Grace”
The Bible teaches that all people are called to repent and believe the gospel (Mark 1:1; Acts 16:30-31), while also acknowledging that we are dead in sin and cannot come to God of our own…
Dr. Roger Olson, “For Fellow Arminians and Quasi-Arminians (Non-Calvinists): Prevenient Grace”
I recently had a very interesting discussion with a non-Calvinist Baptist theologian and denominational leader. He interviewed me for his podcast about soteriology. (I believe his “show” is called “Soteriology 101.”) I enjoyed the hour…
Does Prevenient Grace Appear in the Old Testament and How Does the Arminian Concept of God’s Sovereignty Apply to Texts that Refer to God Stirring Up People to War or Bringing Things to Pass through All Sorts of Means?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. The following is a…
Jeff Paton, “Prevenient Grace and Its Relevance for Today”
Please click on the link to read Jeff Paton, “Prevenient Grace and its relevance for today”, an article which resulted from a paper presented to the METHODISM IN THE 21st CENTURY conference in October, 2000.
Timothy Tennent, “Prevenient Grace: Why I am a Methodist and an Evangelical”
Please click on the link to read Timothy Tennent, “Prevenient Grace: Why I am a Methodist and an Evangelical”, from the author’s blog, originally published July, 2011. Prevenient Grace: Why I am a Methodist and an…
A. Philip Brown II, “Does the Bible Teach Prevenient Grace?: A Short Response to William Combs”
Click on the link to read, A. Philip Brown II, “Does the Bible Teach Prevenient Grace?: A Short Response to William Combs”, available in PDF from the author’s website http://www.apbrown2.net. This paper was presented August 5, 2005…