It’s the St. Eustochium’s Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly extra dose of reading material, dug out of the archives ’cause it’s there. (And still good.) All views expressed are those of their…
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Friday Files, 28 September 2018
Amazing Price on the Kindle Version of The Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible – Act Quickly!
Here at SEA, we don’t know how long this amazing resource will be offered at the low price of $2.99! SEA appreciates that the editors of this study Bible are Craig Keener and John Walton,…
A Sketch Of The Life Of James Arminius
The Wesley Center Online has many different sources on Arminian theology. The link is a very basic sketch of who James Arminius was and links to his works. http://wesley.nnu.edu/arminianism/the-works-of-james-arminius/volume-1/a-sketch-of-the-life-of-james-arminius/
How Christ Draws
A gentleman who was being urged to accept Christ, said to the preacher, “There are some things in the Bible that seem to be highly contradictory. Christ must have overestimated Himself. Once He declared that…
Seven Minute Seminary: “Wesleyan-Arminianism is a God-Centered, Not Human-Centered Theology”
(Joshua McNall)
In this Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Joshua McNall helps clarify the origin of salvation and how this illuminates the character of God, answering the charge sometimes laid at Wesleyan-Arminianism that it is a human-centered theology. The…
Friday Files, 21 September 2018
It’s the St. Matthew Day edition of the Friday Files, our version of the Wayback Machine, in which we travel to the not-all-that-distant year of 2014 and poke around SEA’s website a little. The views…
Michael Egnor, “More Than Material Minds”
As a Christian and a neuroscientist, I keep learning that to be human is to have a soul. Please click on the link to view Michael Egnor, “More Than Material Minds,” Christianity Today September 14, 2014.
“The Horrible Decree” by Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley wrote approximately 9000 hymns and “holy” poems. Even though many of his polemics are in his songs, many Calvinists (and Arminians) sing Wesley’s hymns. One of Wesley’s strongest anti-calvinist hymns is “The Horrible…
Dr. Michael L. Brown, “The Real Meaning of ‘On Earth as It Is in Heaven’”
Dr. Brown takes an exegetical look at a simple Bible verse to dispel a common misunderstanding of the text. As usual Dr. Brown is short and to the point. https://askdrbrown.org/library/real-meaning-%E2%80%98-earth-it-heaven%E2%80%99
Friday Files, 14 September 2018
It’s the St. Crescentius Day edition of the Friday Files, your weekly reminder SEA has had a website for years. Going back years. Not decades yet, but give us time. (Although if our Lord could…
FWS Podcast: Salvation (Parts 1 & 2)
In these episodes, Dr. Vic Reasoner will begin to discuss the doctrine of Salvation. Alternative Link: Salvation (Part 1) Alternative Link: Salvation (Part 2)
Roy Ingle, “Do Arminians Truly Embrace God’s Sovereignty?”
One of the attacks often aimed toward Arminian theology is that Arminians do not believe in the sovereignty of God. It is argued by Calvinists that their theology embraces the absolute sovereignty of God in…
John Oswalt of Seedbed, “Righteousness: The Character of Servanthood (A Study in Isaiah)”
An excellent look at the relationship between righteous living within the context of the gracious forgiveness of sins. Righteousness: The Character of Servanthood (A Study in Isaiah)
Hilary Yancey, “My Son’s Suffering Helped Me Understand God’s Suffering”
The birth of my child transformed my view of the “problem of pain” and divine foreknowledge. Please click on the link to view Hilary Yancey, “My Son’s Suffering Helped Me Understand God’s Suffering.”
Friday Files, 7 September 2018
It’s the St. Regina Day edition of the Friday Files, your weekly reminder that SEA has years of fun stuff on our website. The views expressed therein aren’t necessarily those of SEA, and neither are…
Dr. Roger Olson, “Does God Always Get His Way?”
Dr. Olson laying out the importance of distinguishing God antecedent will with His consequent will. Does God Always Get His Way?
Roy Ingle, “Arminius on Water Baptism”
The following is taken from The Works of Arminius on baptism. Arminius held to baptism by sprinking and he also practiced and taught infant baptism as can be seen from this article. This is one area of…
Friday Files, 31 August 2018
It’s the St. Aristides Day edition of the Friday Files, your weekly addition to your pile of stuff to read. Or if you’re voracious like me, finally something new. Except it’s not new, innit? But…
Martin Glynn, “William Lane Craig Gets Arminianism A Bit Wrong”
I often listen to Dr. William Lane Craig’s podcasts, both his general podcast and his Defenders class. They are very informative and I highly recommend them. In his most recent Defenders class, as of the…
Friday Files, 24 August 2018
It’s the St. Bartholemew Day edition of the Friday Files, in which we give you a little peek at older posts hosted on SEA’s site. The views they express are not necessarily, but often, those…