An appeal for men to be saved is near to the heart of Wesleyan Methodism. W.B. Fitzgerald summarized Methodism with for “alls”: All need to be saved. All can be saved. All can know they…
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Johnathan Arnold, “All Men Can Be Saved: Penal Substitution and Wesleyan-Arminian Theology”
The Complete List of Dr David Allen’s Chapter-by-Chapter Review of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her
Below is the Complete List of links to Dr David Allen’s Chapter-by-Chapter Review of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her (2013), a book which has been touted by some as the “definitive” scholarly word…
Joseph D. McPherson, “What Meaneth The Outcry Against Legalism”
“Legal,” “legalist,” and “legalism” are terms that are in nowise new. They have been used in religious circles and religious writings for centuries past, but never more so than today. In fact, so common is…
James Arminius, “The Delay of Repentance is Marvelously Dangerous”
From The Works of Arminius, Volume 1: The contrary to repentance is impenitence, and a pertinacious perseverance in sinning: of which there are two degrees, one the delay of [repentance], the other final impenitence unto…
Richard Coords, “Born Again”
This is one of the most famous terms in all of the Bible. Preachers often echo this divine imperative during evangelism: “Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. You must…
Friday Files: The Character of God
The heart of the Arminian critique of Calvinism is of course the character to God. While we also put tremendous emphasis on God’s sovereignty, it is His character that determines what it is He ordains.…
James Arminius on Original Sin: A Few Quotes
Did Arminius affirm “original sin?” What effect did Arminius think Adam’s sin had on later humankind? Here are a few excerpts from The Works of James Arminius: In Volume 2, Disputation 31 “On the Effects…
Michael Brown, “How Should We Respond to the Ravi Zacharias Scandal?”
In the aftermath of the shocking and tragic news about Ravi Zacharias’s private life, one of our ministry school grads, herself a longtime missionary with her husband, wrote to me, asking, “Would you consider writing…
Brian Abasciano, “If God Loves All, How Can the Bible Say That He Hates Sinners?”
If God loves all, how can the Bible say that he hates sinners? I believe that the basic answer is that God both loves and hates sinners, but he loves them more than he hates…
Friday Files: Possibility of Apostasy
On Friday, we like to review a lot of the material we have in our archives. Our goal has always been providing resources for people to use defending the Biblical teaching of salvation. The issue…
FWS Podcast: Prophecy (Parts 4-9)
In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner answers the question, “What in the world is God going to do?” In this series Dr. Reasoner will be focusing on major prophetic sections of the Scriptures…
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…
Richard Watson, “The New Birth” – Ed. by Vic Reasoner
Richard Watson (1781-1833) Richard Watson was born in Lincolnshire, England and began preaching shortly after his conversion at age 15. He was ordained at 19, but then dropped out of the Methodist Conference under the…
Richard Coords, “Boasting”
Calvinism teaches that if you freely chose to believe in Christ, while others did not, then you’d have something to boast about before God. In other words, you could claim to be better and smarter…
Friday Files: Feeling Old
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…
Robert L. Brush, “A Biblical Concept of a Just God”
In studying the attributes of God, we conclude that God has natural and moral attributes. Besides being omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, He is also holy, good, and just. A just God! God always does what…
Vic Reasoner, “The Obituary of Dispensationalism: 1830-1988”
In 1830 Margaret MacDonald had a vision about the end of the world and when she came out from under her trance, she wrote it down. This account attracted the attention of Edward Irving and…
Richard Coords, “The Atonement”
Atonement The reason why Jesus Christ is the only way to God, as per John 14:6, as it relates to the New Covenant, is the fact that there is no solution to human sin apart…
W. Stephen Gunter, “John Wesley, a Faithful Representative of Jacobus Arminius”
Please click on the link to read W. Stephen Gunter, “John Wesley, a Faithful Representative of Jacobus Arminius” (2007), available online in PDF from The Oxford Institute of Methodist Studies: JOHN WESLEY, A FAITHFUL REPRESENTATIVE…
Thomas A. Noble, “Grace and Election in the Theology of John Wesley and T.F. Torrance”
Please click on the link to read Thomas A. Noble, “Grace and Election in the Theology of John Wesley and T.F. Torrance”, available in PDF online from Participatio: Journal of the T. F. Torrance Theological…
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Richard Coords, “Prophecy”
