Tag: grace

Original Sin, Free Will, and God’s Grace: A Wesleyan Affirmation of...

Can sinners make the first move towards God? Can they respond to an altar call by their own natural free will? Can they wake...

Ways of Speaking About the Human Response to Grace

In a recent article, “A Wesleyan Understanding of Faith and Repentance,” I explained the problem with several common ways of speaking about the human...

A Wesleyan Understanding of Faith and Repentance

Recovering the firm conviction that faith and repentance are both the gifts of God will lead to a renewed focus on the means of grace.

Prevenient Grace, Part 5: Is Wesleyan PG Biblical?

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1305259/8336106-is-wesleyan-prevenient-grace-biblical-part-4.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-8336106&player=small In this final episode of a series on prevenient grace, Dr. David Fry and Johnathan Arnold discuss whether or not Wesleyan prevenient grace is...

Prevenient Grace, Part 4: Pelagianism, Revival Theology, and Charles Finney

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1305259/8116713-prevenient-grace-in-pope-pelagianism-revival-theology-charles-finney-part-3.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-8116713&player=small In this episode, David Fry and Johnathan Arnold continue discussing Wesleyan prevenient grace in the thought of William Burt Pope. A Wesleyan doctrine of...

The Justification Equation (Galatians 2:15-21)

Our faith does not save us. Grace is what saves us. Faith is the condition.