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Free Audio Resource - David Pawson

UK preacher David Pawson now has a website up where all of his teachings can be downloaded for free. If you're looking for a good source of Arminian audio, this is the jackpot. Site here: DavidPawson.org

Be sure to check out his series about the character of God, under the "Christian Belief" category.

Pawson includes a lot of historical facts in his presentations, which history buffs will enjoy. He comes from a conservative/charismatic/Wesleyan view. He has done expository preaching on almost every book of the Bible.

Interesting fact: Pawson is a direct descendent of John Pawson, who was a friend of John Wesley, and one of the first Methodist preachers.

Sermons from Trinity Evangelical church from an Arminian Perspective Online

Sermons from an Arminian perspective by Wendel Brane, Dennis Laub, and Ted Rapone of Trinity Evangelical Church may be found online at http://www.trinity-evangelical-church.org/index.html, and Ted Rapone's may also be found online at http://cgsleo.org/audio/sermons.

Jeff Weddle's Expositional Sermons Online

Pastor and SEA member Jeff Weddle's expositional sermons may be found online at http://rhinelanderbible.org/sunnot.html.

Tim Warner's Expositional Sermons Online

Tim Warner of Oasis Christian Church preaches expositionally verse by verse, and his sermons may be found at http://www.oasischristianchurch.org/.

Joshua Johnson's Expositional Sermons Online

Pastor and SEA member Joshua Johnson's expositional sermons (“pericope by pericope” rather than “verse by verse” style) may be found online at https://sites.google.com/site/wayoflifechristianfellowship/ and http://shadowofthecross.org.

Dr. Olson's Further Thoughts about Catastrophes and God’s Judgment

by Roger Olson

This is a response to comments made in response to my previous post about John Piper’s blog entry about the recent tornado outbreak in the eastern U.S.

True, in this particular blog entry Piper does not explicitly say the tornadoes were God’s judgment on those towns. He does say, however, that the tornadoes were “God’s fingers.” In light of everything else he has written and said about calamaties and catastrophes, it is clear to me that he believes not only this tornado outbreak but every natural and man-made disaster (including the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.) are from God and not only in some attenuated sense in which most Christians would say they are from God by concurrence. (That is, by God’s permission and granted ability as the creator and governor of nature.)

Xenos Christian Fellowship - Soteriology: Calvinism & Arminianism; God's Providence

It's refreshing to see an accurate portrayal of the positions of both Calvinism written so fairly and simply. Obviously, Xenos tends toward Arminianism which is another refreshing aspect of this lesson on Soteriology.

The lesson starts thusly: "The central issue we want to study tonight is the interplay between God's sovereignty and human choice with regard to salvation. Do humans have free will to believe or reject the gospel? How should we understand the New Testament's statements about election and predestination?"

For the complete lesson, go to:

http://www.xenos.org/classes/principles/cpu1w6.htm

Seedbed - A New Arminian Resource

Asbury Theological Seminary has started a new theological resource site called Seedbed [asburyseedbed.com]. They have an RSS feed, and regularly post free content from an Arminian and Wesleyan Perspective. You can sign up to be on their email list, and on a monthly basis they will send you a free resource (such as an e-book). They also have an online store with reasonably priced resources.

Be sure to check them out!

The Foreword (by Calvinist Michael Horton), Preface, and First Chapter to Roger Olson’s Book, Against Calvinism

The foreword (by Calvinist Michael Horton), preface, and first chapter to Roger Olson’s book, Against Calvinism, is now available online (http://www.zondervan.com/media/samples/pdf/031032467X_samptxt.pdf ) and in the attachment.

Lots of Talk about Angry Calvinists Going On

There seems to be lots of talk about angry Calvinists going on, with Calvinist leaders recognizing that there seems to be a problem with anger/rudeness/harshness/incivility etc. particularly among Calvinists. Here are 2 posts on this:

Ed Setzer interviews Calvinist Joe Thorn about the issue: "Joe Thorn and Angry (Fake) Calvinists"

Justin Taylor, "The Problem of 'Angry Calvinists' "

If we grant that there is a special problem among Calvinists in this area (surely the problem is not limited to Calvinists, but some Calvinist leaders seem to be observing that there is a special problem among their own), the following comments are in order:

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