Resources on Wesleyan-Arminian (Methodist) Theology

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Introduction to Wesleyan-Arminian Theology

1. Johnathan Arnold, “What is the Difference Between ‘Arminians’ and ‘Wesleyan Arminians‘”? holyjoys.org.
2. Philip Brown, “What is Arminianism?” holyjoys.org.
3. William Burt Pope, “The Peculiarities of Methodist Doctrine,” holyjoys.org.
4. Thomas H. McCall and Keith D. Stanglin, After Arminius: A Historical Introduction to Arminian Theology (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Jacob Arminius

1. Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall, Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace (Oxford University Press, 2012).
2. Stephen Gunter, Arminius and His Declaration of Sentiments: An Annotated Translation with Introduction and Theological Commentary (Baylor University Press, 2012). See also the text of Declaration of Sentiments, free on ccel.org.
3. The Works of Jacob Arminius. Free on ccel.org.

The Early Remonstrants

1. Arminian Articles of 1610, ccel.org.
2. Johnathan Arnold, “Five-Point Arminianism: The Five Arminian Articles of 1610,” holyjoys.org.
3. Mark Ellis, The Arminian Confession of 1621 (Princeton Theological Monograph) (Pickwick Publications, 2005).

John Wesley

1. The Wesley Center Online. Many of Wesley’s works provided by Northwest Nazarene University.
2. John Wesley, The Standard Sermons.
3. John Wesley, Notes on the Bible.
4. Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Teachings, Four Volumes (Zondervan Academic).
5. The Works of John Wesley.
6. Herbert McGonigle, Sufficient Saving Grace: John Wesley’s Evangelical Arminianism (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought) (Paternoster, 2001). See review by T. A. Noble.

Systematic Theologies

1. Richard Watson, Theological Institutes, 2-volume set (Lexham Press, 2018). Also available in Logos.
2. William Burt Pope, A Compendium of Christian Theology (3 Volumes), Logos.
3. Thomas Ralston, Elements of Divinity, Logos.
4. Thomas Summers, Systematic Theology: A Complete Body of Wesleyan Arminian Divinity, Logos.
5. Thomas H. McCall and Jason E. Vickers, Love Divine: A Wesleyan Systematic Theology (Eerdmans, 2026).

Arminianism vs. Calvinism

1. Johnathan Arnold, “Why I Am a Wesleyan! A Response to Michael Bird,” holyjoys.org.
2. Roger Olson, Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities (IVP Academic, 2006).
3. Roger Olson, Against Calvinism: Rescuing God’s Reputation from Radical Reformed Theology (Zondervan Academic, 2011).
4. Roger Olson, “John Piper Does It Again: My Response to ‘The Self-centeredness of Arminianism,'” Patheos (blog post).
5. Roger Olson, “My Response (Finally!) to John Piper’s ‘AskPastorJohn’ Episode 238 (About Me),” Patheos (blog post). Olson responds to Piper’s episode on “Where’s the Arminian John Piper?”
6. Justin Taylor and Thomas McCall, “An Interview with Thomas McCall,” The Gospel Coalition. McCall is a leading Wesleyan-Arminian theologian.
7. John Starke and Fred Sanders, “You’re a Calvinist, Right?” The Gospel Coalition. Starke interviews Fred Sanders, a Wesleyan theologian who is a leading evangelical thinker who specializes in the doctrine of the Trinity.

Specific Issues

1. Johnathan Arnold, “Do Wesleyan Arminians Believe in Total Depravity?” holyjoys.org.
2. Johnathan Arnold, “Original Sin, Free Will, and God’s Grace: A Wesleyan Affirmation of the Second Council of Orange,” holyjoys.org.
3. Johnathan Arnold, “Yes, Wesleyan-Arminians Believe in Predestination!“
4. Fred Sanders, “Wesleyan View,” The Extent of the Atonement (Zondervan, 2019). See the excerpt on Sanders’s website.
5. Chris Bounds, “Four Views of Salvation, Part 2: Semi-Augustinianism and Augustinianism,” holyjoys.org. “John Wesley is the epitome of the Semi-Augustinian view.”
6. David Fry, “God’s Gracious Provision: A Theological and Exegetical Defense of the Wesleyan Doctrine of Prevenient Grace,” holyjoys.org. “The Wesleyan doctrine of prevenient grace is theologically and exegetically warranted and defensible.”
7. Johnathan Arnold, “Ways of Speaking About the Human Response to Grace,” holyjoys.org.
8. Johnathan Arnold, “A Wesleyan Understanding of Faith and Repentance,” holyjoys.org.
9. David Fry and Johnathan Arnold, “A Series on Wesleyan Prevenient Grace in William Burt Pope,” holyjoys.org.
10. Philip Brown, “Do People Have Free Will?” holyjoys.org. “People don’t have naturally free will; we have grace-enabled wills.”
11. Philip Brown, “Free Will and Prevenient Grace,” holyjoys.org.
12. Johnathan Arnold, “‘Lest I Should Be Disqualified’: Was Apostasy a Possibility for Paul? (1 Corinthians 9:27),” holyjoys.org.
13. Johnathan Arnold, “Entire Sanctification: the Whole Christ for the Whole Man,” holyjoys.org.