I would disagree strongly with the idea that believers can be lost or fall away from God's grace. 0. August 4, 2008, 7:57 pm. A list of links to Lovejoy’s sermons available on the internet may be found at this link: http://archive.org/search.php?query=Bob%20Lovejoy%20Faith%20Community%20Church. His classic work from 1735, which provides detailed scriptural explanations of large numbers of scriptural texts brought up in the Calvinist/Armininian debate, drew famous responses from Calvinsits John Gill (The Cause of God and Truth) and Jonathan Edwards (Inquiry into the Will). When God’s grace starts drawing us to conversion, we can choose to say no and reject Christ. It’s all about money for the clergy and power for the husband perp. The Arminians "Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. Society of Evangelical Arminians is on Facebook. That's a good question, and I'm happy to take a stab at it for you. We also encourage you to consult and contribute to SeminaryReviews.org for unbiased information on seminary options, January 21, 2021, Remonstrance, No Comment, January 19, 2021, Steven Wolf, No Comment, January 18, 2021, Steven Wolf, No Comment, Copyright © 2013 | Not willing that any should perish, , published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 27, 2015) — Please note that the author of this book is not an Arminian, but that we have provided a link to the book because it has some good material related to the Arminian/Calvinist debate. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me. If election is based upon God's foreknowledge of who would believe as a result of prevenient grace, in what sense does God choose? If therefore "Election" denotes "the decree which is according to election concerning the justification and salvation of believers." My understanding of Arminianism is that the grace that provides the new leg is given to all and then the question is "Will they hop or not?" Unbelievable – UK host Justin Brierley has audio interviews with Calvinist James White and Arminians Roger and Faith Forster (Roger Forster is co-author of the book “God’s Strategy in Human History”). As many of us have embraced more of Calvinism (I am a 4 pointer), I think we are losing something. Further, Esau never served Jacob in his life, but his descendents did. 1:18-28). For such an Election would be at variance with the decree by which he hath determined to save none but believers. - David Wells. Maybe a better analogy is if I choose to have a limb amputated. The audio of expositional verse by verse sermons by Arminian pastor and scholar Brian Abasciano of Faith Community Church in Hampton, NH are now being put online. Check the “Doctrine of Man” series (starting at part 12) and the “Doctrine of Salvation” series for Craig’s specific thoughts relating to Arminian and Calvinist theology. The primary source of Grace Evangelical Society's funding is through charitable contributions. This decree has its foundation in the foreknowledge of God, by which he knew (4) What is justifying grace? But whether they are capable. I wasn't thinking of you when I spoke of those who say both are true. John Miley, Systematic Theology (2 vols. John Wesley (Revised, enlarged, and an index added; New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1840) — A small systematic theology based on passages, and lengthy quotations, extracted from Wesley’s writings. The Arminian Confession of 1621 — We are excited to have the premeir English translation of this work on our site due to the graciousness of the translator, Dr. Mark A. Ellis. Here’s an Engish translation of his work entitled “A Compleat System, or Body of Divinity, both Speculative and Practical”: (link), Independent Methodist Arminian Resource Center (IMARC). 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The many passages saying Christ died for the world or all men ground our belief that Christ died for everyone (John 1:29, 3:16-17, 4:42, 6:33, 6:51, 12:47; 1 John 2:1-2, 4:14; 2 Cor. ), So I appreciate a classic Arminian voice. Interested in finding out about what Wesleyan-Arminian Theology actually is? Christianity is under attack all over the world and we need to articulate our faith intelligently and biblically. Is His grace that secures us something that is internal to us or something external to us? Waldron is a pastor/professor/missionary who comes from a Church of Christ background. In other words, it’s about how God saves, not who He saves. As one who believes in Sovereign Grace, it is too easy for me to fall back on that as a default. As expected, discussions of our current understanding of Scripture took place and my husband did a good job of explaining our current position while graciously receiving a different viewpoint. In the author’s words, the book “is about sophisticated ways Calvinists (unwittingly) falsify certain things about the Bible, despite the appearance of telling the truth. He is an ordained Baptist pastor. I agree with you, Hannah. But more generally, this aseity argement itself always to me to be on the verge of collapsing into the idea that God cannot know anything outside of Himself. The Christ Almighty! The Society of Evangelical Post-Arminians Friday Files, 16 Mar 2018. There is an eternal foreknowledge element to this, not in the temporal manner of a "peering through the annals of time" perspective as Adrian Rogers was known to suggest, but a foreknowledge that is of an eternal nature. Wouldn't it be more correct to label "Conditional Election" "ratification"? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Followers. Chuck Smiths’ teaching through the entire Bible is available to listen to online along with text notes on the passages: http://www.twft.com/?page=c2000 . In Search of Truth – The website In Search of Truth has a 4 part series by Bob Waldron critiquing Calvinism. 2. It was the “ardent wish of the Calvinists only to have the company of those choice spirits of other countries that would readily coalesce with themselves in devising measures to crush Arminianism. I agree with you overall assessment but I did want to point out why I also tend to focus on ‘extreme Calvinists’ (not hyper Calvinists but ones either strongly critique Arminianism or those holding to supra-lapsarianism or double predestination or those clearly denials of free will). blog* — by K.W. He gives a number of good analogies. Resistible grace often leads to the controversial question of whether faith or regeneration comes first. Dr. Michael Brown: “Calvinism Or Arminianism?” — Dr. Michael Brown, a former Calvinists turned Arminian and member of SEA, presents both sides of the debate between Arminianism and Calvinism in 4 sessions, available in 4 You Tube videos or one MP3 audio file. He addresses three misrepresentations: that Arminians do not hold to total depravity, that they hold to the absolute free will of man, and that they promote a works salvation. To be clear, I am a classical Arminian and the essay hasn’t diverged from that. Could this be called ratification? It is easy to use, written for the layman, and covers a huge range of topics. 3) God’s election here is primarily corporate rather than individual. Normally, a new sermon goes up every week. Grantham Institute – Historically the Free Will Baptists, English General Baptists and American General Baptists have followed the course laid out by John Smyth, Thomas Helwys and others beginning in 1611. 2. Tyre and Sidon were bywords for sinfulness, so they were neither elect nor regenerate. ), "Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." Since theologically serious alternatives to Calvinism seem to be in short supply these days, SharperIron contacted SEA recently about the possibility of representing classical Arminianism for the SI audience. I have a religious background grounded in Arminianism, (though I didn't hear that term until later) but I have since become to believe in parts of Calvinism. There is an excellent audio critique of Calvinism by Dr. Jerry Walls (co-author of Why I’m not a Calvinist). If possible, do you mind expounding on that specific topic, if it's something that's part of the Arminian defense from Scripture? The primary source of Grace Evangelical Society's funding is through charitable contributions. So Arminians view election as fixing the sin problem, rather than seeing the fall as something God planned in order to accomplish His goal of sending His chosen to heaven and the rest to hell. We were interrupted and never had a chance to revisit it. God’s love of the world moved Him to send His Son so that the world through Him might be saved (John 3:16-17). In Death or Life – A site dedicated to teaching sound Christian doctrine. Posted by Me at 12:18 PM. Is the decree "for bestowing Faith on any one," previous to that by which is appointed "the Necessity of Faith to salvation?". 1. I was a founding member of a group called The Society of Evangelical Arminians … If you looked at Calvinism and Arminianism as overlapping circles, the overlapping portion would be huge. Episode dates are August 1 and August 8, 2009. Society of Evangelical Arminians | Have You Missed the Point Regarding Arminianism? If you would like to explore the ‘falling from grace’ viewpoint, please let me know and I will try to find someone at SEA that holds that view who willing to speak with you about it. Hopefully this well written piece is not being and will not be treated by some as a reversal of the invalid view that non-Calvinists should be classified by default as some kind of Arminian, even as they may agree with some of the points and particularly when it is to their objection or with some kind of presumption by others. Dr. Brown spent several days of his show in Nov 4, Nov 5, Nov 9, Nov 10, 2009 on the topic of Calvinism. Are we like an invincible juggernaut pushed by God through any obstacle or rather is He in front of us knocking obstacles out of the way? Geisler is enjoyable to listen to, and he explains the problems with Calvinism in terms that are easily understood by the layman. Patterson is the current president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. God hardens hearts by turning over people to their own sinful lusts (Rom. While Fischer seems to have done a good job, be sure to check out Martinez’s notes to avoid falling for some of White’s misleading rhetoric. (Lowell: N. L. Dayton, 1843). Terry, Commentary on the Old Testament Volume 3: Joshua – 2 Samuel — Commentary on the Book of Joshua by Methodist professor Daniel Steele and commentary on the books of Joshua through 2 Samuel by M.S. And a list of the church’s sermon links in chronological order starting with the most recent can be found here: https://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Afaithcommunitychurch&sort=-publicdate. To this end, CARM offers a concise, comprehensive explanation of the Christian faith along with logical analysis of errors in popular beliefs. 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