Monthly Archives: May 2011

Comparing Wesleyan Arminianism and Reformed Arminianism

Billy Birch over at The Arminian has put together a nice post that compares and contrasts Wesleyan Arminianism with Reformed (or Classical) Arminianism.  You can find it here: Demarcating Wesleyan-Arminianism and Reformed Arminianism. I did a somewhat similar post a … Continue reading

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Good Post About the State of the Nazarene Church

Here is an informative post from David Feltar, General Editor of the Nazarene church.  It will be of interest to those from a Wesleyan background.  There are some who are unaware of Nazarene history, and ask us to be something … Continue reading

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Arminian Audio: David Pawson Series

UK preacher and historian David Pawson is doing a seminar this week at IHOP.  Link here: International House of Prayer: David Pawson.  They are doing live video podcasts and the recorded audio sessions are also available. There are several talks … Continue reading

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Top 10 Reasons the World Won’t End on May 21, 2011

10. Not fair to William and Kate, they haven’t even been married a month. 9. Glenn Beck didn’t confirm it on his show. 8. It would result in the Packers being Superbowl champs for all time. 7. Camping forgot to … Continue reading

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Calvinism and Harold Camping

Harold Camping, the fellow who’s teaching that the world will end on May 21, 20011, comes from a staunchly Calvinist background.  This, of course, doesn’t prove that Calvinism is wrong, only that one of its adherents is loopy.  I’m just … Continue reading

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Free Evangelical Books Online

I ran across a website called The Evangelical Christian Library.  They have 120 free books online, on numerous topics of interest.  There is a nice cross section of Evangelical thought. Here are some titles that look interesting to me: The … Continue reading

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DeGreecing the Church – David Pawson

Here is an interesting two part audio series by UK Bible teacher David Pawson.  It’s about how our culture is influenced by Greek thought, and how this influence impacts Christianity in some negative ways.  He notes that Greek thinking elevated … Continue reading

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Women are Called to Preach – Part 2 – Scriptural Prohibitions?

This is the second post in a series. The first can be found here: Women are Called to Preach – part 1 Does scripture  preclude the possibility of women preaching and teaching?  There are two passages from Paul’s letters that … Continue reading

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An Examination of James White’s Parable: The King and the Castle

In the book The Potters Freedom, Calvinist James White sets forth a parable called “The King and the Castle”.  The purpose of the parable is to explain why (in White’s view) the concept of  “Limited Atonement” does not impugn the … Continue reading

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