“Reformed Arminianism?” Another Book about Arminian Theology Reviewed: J. Matthew Pinson’s Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition(Randall House, 2015) At the very end of his excellent book Arminian and Baptist Free Will Baptist…
Adam, from Beyond Calvinism, posts: “Adam Hamilton: Why? Making Sense of God’s Will.” Kingswood Hart, of The Predestination Station, outlines “Romans 9:30-10:3.” Roy Ingle, of Arminian Today, presents: “The Mysterious Tensions in Theology.” Asbury’s Seedbed…
Please click on the link to view Craig Keener, “Once-Saved-Always-Saved? Maybe not.”
Who was James (or Jacobus) Arminius? His actual name was Jacob Harmenszoon when he was born in Oudewater, Holland in 1559. His father died before his birth and thus Jacob was raised by a widowed…
By far Arminius’ fiercest opponent was Francis Gomarus (1563-1641), a supralapsarian Calvinist whose intent at Leiden was to undermine and challenge Arminius’ broadly Reformed scholastic orthodoxy. Arminius was drawn into debate with Gomarus by obligation,…
Dr. Vic Reasoner asks, “Do (Wesleyan) Arminians Believe in Inerrancy?“ Kingswood Hart, of The Predestination Station, expounds upon “Romans 9:1-5.” Nicholas Rudolph Quient, of Split Frame of Reference, posts: “Prodigals and Parables: A (Short) Analysis…
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…
Years ago, I believed that Arminius was too ambivalent on the issue of the possibility of one falling away from the faith and forfeiting (or losing) one’s salvation by a subsequent rejection of that initial…
Welch College President Matt Pinson Publishes Arminian and Baptist On June 2, Randall House Publications published a new book by Welch College president Matt Pinson entitled Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition. In Arminian and Baptist,…
Andrew, of Beyond Calvinism, offers: “Another Testimony from a Former Calvinist: Ben Irwin: ‘The Day the TULIP Died.’“ Ben Witherington, of Bible and Culture, will be reviewing the book, Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace, by…
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…
Anglicanism’s theological roots (those of the established Church of England) were grounded in Roman Catholic ideology in its initial stage. Roman Catholic site New Advent states: “Before the breach with Rome under Henry VIII there…
The neutral zone is an area that is no larger than the width of a football. It is the zone that separates the offense and defense before the play starts. When a defensive player enters…
So a member of SEA recently shared on our Facebook page a question by a Calvinist pastor that he knows. I’m not going to mention the full comment here since he went on to make…
Argo, of Unreforming Theology, posts: “The Moral and Intellectual Drought of ‘God Controls all Things’” (Part One, Part Two). Kingswood Hart, of The Predestination Station, is blogging through Romans 9: “Romans 9-11: Key Terms and…
The doctrine of original sin, to define the issue very simply, maintains that the effects of Adam and Eve’s sin, which is known as the first human sin, were passed ontologically (related to being or…
This should be read ONLY in light of my previous post here “Arminian Doctrine of Justification Again Disputed” (May 28, 2015). There I expressed dismay at the continuing Reformed misrepresentation of Arminius’s and classical Arminians’…
In recent times, Arminianism has been typically caricatured by the Reformed as a form of Semi-Pelagianism. Semi-Pelagians have an optimistic view of fallen human nature: Humans beings retain some moral or spiritual good in them, and they…
From Cascade Books, a division of Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2015, Rustin E. Brian‘s forthcoming book, Jacob Arminius: The Man from Ouderwater, is slated for release by the end of this week. The author states…
Andrew, of Beyond Calvinism, posts: “A Concise Description of Prevenient Grace from a Surprising Source (Spoiler: It’s John MacArthur).” Adam Omelianchuk writes: “My Problem with the ‘Is-Ought’ Problem.” Roy Ingle, of Arminian Today, blogs about…
