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…
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Vic Reasoner, “The Misconception of Unconditional Love”
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…
Richard Coords, “Decree”
What has God decreed? Does God decree many things, or has God decreed absolutely everything that comes to pass, as per Calvinism? The belief that God has decreed whatsoever comes to pass is what is…
FWS Podcast: Doctrinal Dialogues (Parts 9-10)
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…
A.J. Smith, “Delivered From Doubt”
Aaron Jacob Smith (1887-1960) was brought up in a Christian home and professed to have been converted in 1907. Five years later he attended college at University Park, Iowa and professed to be sanctified. He…
Vic Reasoner, “The Earle & Clarke Exposition”
Adam Clarke was once considered a dunce, yet he learned twenty languages. He overcame his fears to become the most able biblical scholar of his time in the English-speaking world. When he died the Conference…
Richards Coords, “Deadness”
One of the most influential concepts of Calvinism is spiritual deadness.97 Whereas non-Calvinists speak of humanity as being lost and in need of a Savior, Calvinists speak of humanity as being dead and in need…
Roy Ingle, “The Falling Away of Evangelicals”
I have been a Christian for almost fifteen years now and in my time as a disciple of Jesus, I have seen many people come and go. I have seen fads come and go. I…
FWS Podcast: Doctrinal Dialogues (Parts 7-8)
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…
Video interview with Dr. Thomas McCall & Keith Stanglin: “Who Were the Arminians?”
In this video, Dr. Thomas McCall and Dr. Keith Stanglin (co-authors of Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace and After Arminius: A Historical Introduction to Arminian Theology) and Nicholas Noyola discuss: 01:15- Favorite Living Theologian and…
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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”
