In this video, I look at total depravity, prevenient grace, and spiritual warfare in light of 2 Corinthians 3 & 4. Youtube: https://youtu.be/cP03vH8AM6w?si=WE87e_6ckrr80dRg
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Wesley’s Three States of Man (from Sermon 9)
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] “Such is the freedom of his will; free only to evil; free to “drink in iniquity like water;” to wander farther and farther from the living God, and do…
“Comments on The New City Catechism and Some New Answers to Questions 27 and 48″
[This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com] I have started working through The New City Catechism (produced by the Calvinist organization The Gospel Coalition together with Tim Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church) with my children, and I have been…
“Four Books I Am Looking Forward to in 2022”
This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com Back in 2015, Dr. Roger Olson mentioned in more than one blog post that he thought there was an “Arminian Renaissance” of sorts, with so many new books…
Richard Watson, “On the Power of the Gospel”
Below is an excerpt from Welseyan Rev. Richard Watson’s sermon, “Ezekiels Vision of the Dry Bones”, which was preached October 6, 1813, in Albion Street Chapel, Leeds, at the formation of the Methodist Missionary Society…
Video interview with Dr. J. Matthew Pinson: Can You be a “Reformed Arminian”?
In the video, Dr. J. Matthew Pinson (author of Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition) and Nicholas Noyola discuss: 00:36- Can you be Reformed and Arminian? 14:50- Governmental atonement, Open theism, and Molinism…
Video interview with Dr. Robert E. Picirilli: Free Will Revisited: A Respectful Response to Luther, Calvin, and Edwards
In this video, Dr. Robert E. Picirilli (author of Free Will Revisited: A Respectful Response to Luther, Calvin, and Edwards and Grace, Faith, Free Will: Contrasting Views of Salvation Calvinism & Arminianism) and Nicholas Noyola…
Fred Sanders, “The Writings of William Burt Pope (1822-1903): An Online Guide to his Publications”
Dr. Fred Sanders has compiled an online collection of works of William Burt Pope, available at the link below: The Writings of William Burt Pope (1822-1903): An Online Guide to his Publications From his…
Seedbed, “Top 10 Books on Arminianism”
At their website, Seedbed has compiled a list of their top 10 recommended books in various areas. Below are their top ten on Arminianism; top ten responding to Calvinism; and top ten on Wesleyan Theology.…
Friday Files: Monergism
Calvinists often love the terms ‘monergism’ and ‘synergism’. The usefulness of these terms is dubious, and the use of the term ‘monergism’ as some test for orthodoxy can be question begging, but they have become…
Johnathan Arnold, “Do Wesleyan Arminians Believe in Total Depravity?”
Please click on the link to read Johnathan Arnold, “Do Wesleyan Arminians Believe in Total Depravity?”, available online at Holy Joys: Do Wesleyan Arminians Believe in Total Depravity? By Johnathan Arnold Related Post from…
Friday Files: Depravity
It is a common strawman to say that Arminians do not believe in Total Depravity. It has been refuted so thoroughly and is in such contradiction to all Arminian literature, that it is amazing that…
Vic Reasoner, “Theological Uncertainty: A Critique of Ray Dunning’s Systematic Theology”
H. Ray Dunning is the professor of theology at Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville. He was commissioned to produce a systematic theology in the Wesleyan tradition that is true to the doctrinal standards of the…
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…
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…
Joseph D. McPherson, “What Manner of Man Is He, Described in the Seventh of Romans”
What manner of man is he who, while describing his spiritual state, says, “I am carnal, sold under sin”? Can he be classified as one who is born again? “For, that which I do,” says…
The Arminian Confession of 1621 (Daily Devotional)
Some writings are just meant to be read over and over. And it was through The Society of Evangelical Arminians (SEA) that I first encountered an English translation of this old Dutch Reformation document translated…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 3: John Hendryx Concedes That it is a Plain “Fact” that Faith Precedes Regeneration
[You can find part one of this series here, and part two here] John Hendryx continues his response to the “synergist” visitor: Finally, your attempt to overturn the doctrine of total depravity relies entirely too…
The Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism – Responding To Ed Dingess’ Follow Up Response
I wrote a blog post a couple of years ago titled “The Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism” which attempted to show that God’s universal salvific will logically flows out of Perfect Being Theology. The argument…
Calvinists and The Fallacy Of Illegitimate Totality Transfer
You may remember my blog post series on logical fallacies way back in 2016 when Cerebral Faith was still on a Blogspot platform. There were 28 posts each examining a formal or informal fallacy that often…
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