Opening my inbox, I saw an email that caused me to pause. The subject line was Arminian Theology and the author was Robert Picirilli. Expecting anything but an email from the noted theologian of that name, I clicked…
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Book Review: Free Will Revisited by Robert Picirilli
Friday Files, 20 July 2018
It’s the St. Elijah Day edition of the Friday Files. (All the Old Testament prophets are saints, y’know.) The Friday Files are a look back at SEA’s previous articles, posted on the site because they’re…
FWS Podcast: Sin (Part 1)
In this episode, Dr. Vic Reasoner will begin to discuss the Doctrine of Sin. Alternative Link: Sin (Part 1)
John Leek, “The Promise of Planting with Prevenient Grace”
Click on the link to read, John Leek, “The Promise of Planting with Prevenient Grace”, from Seedbed.
Don Thorsen, “Why Wesley, and Not Calvin”
Click on the link to read, Don Thorsen, “Why Wesley, and Not Calvin”, from Catalyst Resources. Don Thorsen is the author of Calvin vs. Wesley: Bringing Belief in Line with Practice (Abingdon, 2013).
David L. Allen, “Calvin and the Extent of the Atonement: 21st Century Research”
Click the link to view David L. Allen, “Calvin and the Extent of the Atonement: 21st Century Research”, a paper delivered at the Evangelical Theological Society, and made available by the author at his website.
Friday Files, 13 July 2018
It’s the St. Silas Day edition of the Friday Files. (You remember Silas, right? God busted him out of jail in Corinth? Cowrote Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians? Yeah, that guy.) The Friday Files are…
FWS Podcast: Anthropology
In these episodes, Dr. Vic Reasoner will discuss Anthropology. Alternative Link: Anthropology (Part 1) Alternative Link: Anthropology (Part 2)
Book Review: Jacob Arminius: The Man from Oudewater by Rustin E. Brian
Click on the link to read Dr David T. Fry’s review of Jacob Arminius: The Man from Oudewater (Cascade, 2015) by Rustin E. Brian, published in Themelios, Volume 41, Issue 2.
Steve Witzki, “Free Grace or Forced Grace”
Steve Witzki, “Free Grace or Forced Grace,” The Arminian Magazine 19.1 (Spring 2001) In his well known sermon “Free Grace,” John Wesley said that the “grace or love of God, whence cometh our salvation, is FREE…
Brian Shelton, “Is Prevenient Grace in the Bible?”
Please click on the link to read Brian Shelton, “Is Prevenient Grace in the Bible?”, from Seedbed. Shelton is the author of Prevenient Grace: God’s Provision for Fallen Humanity (Francis Asbury Press, 2014).
Friday Files, 6 July 2018
It’s the St. Moninne Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s way of dusting off our oldies-but-goodies. The views expressed aren’t necessarily SEA’s; neither are K.W. Leslie’s brief summaries. Still, there’s interesting and useful stuff…
FWS Podcast: Fallen Angels
In these episodes, Dr. Vic Reasoner will discuss the doctrine of Fallen Angels. Alternative Link: Fallen Angels (Part 1) Alternative Link: Fallen Angels (Part 2)
Happy Independence Day!!
William Lane Craig, The Atonement
Please click on the link to view William Lane Craig, The Atonement (Elements in the Philosophy of Religion; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) (doi:10.1017/9781108558020). Here is an abstract: The Atonement offers in a concise compass an…
Arminianism, Calvinism, and Their Influence Upon John Wesley
Jacob Arminius (1559 – 1609) was a Dutch pastor and scholar who spent most of his career as a pastor in Amsterdam. He served as professor of theology at the University of Leiden for about…
Friday Files, 29 June 2018
It’s the Sts. Peter and Paul Day edition of the Friday Files, your weekly Wayback Machine for SEA’s previous articles. The views expressed therein aren’t necessarily those of SEA and its members; we provide them…
What Does it Mean to Be Wesleyan?
When Jesus was asked what was God’s most important requirement of us, He said that it was to love God with one’s whole being. He added that loving other people in the same way as…
James M Rochford, “Biblical Defense of Arminianism”
Click on the link to read James M Rochford, “Biblical Defense of Arminianism” from the author’s apologetics website Evidence Unseen.
Friday Files, 22 June 2018
It’s the St. Nicetas of Remesiana Day edition of the Friday Files, your weekly reminder that there’s such a thing as a Friday Files: “Oh! Links to SEA posts from years ago. That’s kinda nice.…