There is no doubt that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone for Christianity. Some might argue that Christian apologists should focus on proving the existence of God, but if Jesus is risen from…
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Roy Ingle, “85 Verses on Conditional Security”
Visit your average Calvinistic website on the doctrine of eternal security and you will find that many of them isolate a few prooftexts for Arminianism’s view concerning the security of the believer to address. Most…
Roy Ingle, “True Conversions”
[This post is from 2008 and refers to some things going on back then. It also contains some potentially controversial comments, and it should be remembered that posts appearing on SEA’s do not necessarily represent…
Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley’s Doctrine of the Holy Spirit”
Abstract: This article outlines Wesley’s theology of the Holy Spirit. It is shown that Wesley’s pneumatology was trinitarian in structure and included soteriological, epistemological, and eschatological themes. These four emphases serve to structure this article.…
Richard Coords, “Free-Will”
God gives man free-will, and man chooses to believe in determinism, instead. That is the sad irony that Calvinists introduce into Christianity. So, is “freewill” a pagan term? No, it is a biblical term: Philemon…
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…
Roy Ingle, “What Must I Do To Be Arminian?”
Breaking free from any views we hold is often very difficult for us. Few Democrats ever become Republicans without years of thought. Few Baptists ever become Presbyterians without something or someone influencing them in such…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 8
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…
Roy Ingle, “Is Perseverance Necessary For Eternal Life?”
One thing that Arminianism has in common with many Calvinists is the teaching that perseverance is necessary for eternal life. While some Arminians argue that one can lose their salvation if they fall into sin or…
Roy Ingle, “Does Theology Matter Anymore?”
In most cities in the southern United States you will find a plethora of churches. In my neighborhood alone we have two Baptist, a Methodist, Nazarene, Lutheran, Church of Christ, and a Church of God…
Some Questions about Total Depravity Answered by Ben Henshaw
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…
Another Failed Wiggle Attempt: A Second Response To Kevin Courter
This blog post is a response to Kevin Courter’s response to my article “5 Biblical Texts That Calvinists Can’t Wiggle Out Of”. Courter responded to that initial article here, and I responded to his response here. Kevin Courter…
Ed Jarrett, “Arminianism: Foreknowledge, Predestination and Election”
This post was originally published on A Clay Jar. It is the sixth in a series on Arminian soteriology. Any comments to this post can be left there at Arminianism: Foreknowledge, Predestination and Election. One of…
Ed Jarrett, “Arminianism: Atonement for All”
This post was originally published on A Clay Jar. It is the third in a series on Arminian soteriology. Any comments to this post can be left there at Arminianism: Atonement for All. As expressed in…
Roy Ingle, Class Election
Class Election I want to address the doctrine of election by offering a view that is often given by many Arminians and even some moderate Calvinist and that is the class election view. This takes…
A Concise Description of Prevenient Grace from a Surprising Source (spoiler: it’s John MacArthur)
In a Q&A, when asked whether regeneration precedes faith, he answered (in part): Why not say that the Spirit of God can move him along even in his unregenerate state to an understanding and can…
Roy Ingle, “God Loves Me!”
I stand in awe of the reality that God loves me. The Scriptures clearly reveal this truth (John 3:16; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:4; 1 John 4:9-10). Over and over again I have failed to live…
Roy Ingle, “Why Do Arminians Pray For The Lost?”
I recently was listening to a series of teachings by a Calvinist speaker that I enjoy when he began to discuss praying evangelicstically for the lost. He asserted that Calvinist can truly pray for the…
J. Matthew Pinson, “Listening to Arminius–and Not Just His Opponents–on Justification”
I often enjoy reading Reformation21, a blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. But I recently read a blog post by Mark Jones entitled “Arminian vs. Reformed on Justification” that diverged from the very careful…
The FACTS of Salvation
A: Atonement for All
Atonement for All (the A in FACTS) [Cf. Article 2 of the 5 Articles of the Remonstrance] As observed above, due to total depravity, no one can be saved unless God takes the initiative. The good news…
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