Allen Nelson is pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Perryville, Arkansas. He’s also the author of “Before the […]
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“These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them, […]
Michael Coughlin is an evangelist from Ohio, and an abortion abolitionist. He was first on Echo Zoe Radio […]
Allen Nelson returns for this third episode of Echo Zoe Radio. Allen is pastor of Perryville Second Baptist […]
In a divergence from the normal podcast format, there's no guest this month, it's just me. I caught […]
Allen Nelson IV is the pastor of Perryville Second Baptist Church in Perryville, Arkansas. He also writes for […]
In January 2009, we began a series on “The Essentials of the Christian Faith,†with Patrick Szalapski. That […]
“These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them, […]
One of the most commonly held beliefs held by everyone, from evangelical Christians to unbelievers, is that God […]
For this episode Phil Johnson returns to discuss the Reformation doctrine of Sola Fide with me. Phil is the executive director of Grace to You, the tape and radio ministry that features the teachings of John MacArthur, a member of the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE), founder and blogger at Pyromaniacs, and curator of The Spurgeon Archive.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Phil explained Sola Fide, or "Faith Alone," as a respones to Roman Catholic doctrine, which blends justification and sanctification, and enslaves followers in a system of works-righteousness. Sola Fide declares that justification comes by faith alone, and is a one-time, instantaneous event, not an ongoing process.
- We are sanctified by faith, but not by faith alone, at least not in the same sense that we are justified by faith alone. The Arminian and Palagian misunderstanding of justification leads to a doctrine of perfectionism, which makes justification a process and sanctification an instantaneous event, rather than the other way around.
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In October 2010, Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries in Phoenix, Arizona was in town for the Signet Ring Ministries "Chosen" conference. The evening before the conference, I had the pleasure of sitting down with him to discuss Sola Gratia, as well as the topic of the conference: God's Sovereign Grace.
During the course of conversation, Dr. White explains Sola Gratia as a doctrine of the Reformation which was brought about to counter the Roman Catholic doctrine of Prevenient Grace. He then went on to describe Sovereign Grace from a Reformed perspective and contrasted it with "Free Grace." He gave his primary texts for support of the Sovereign Grace point of view: Titus 2, and 1 John. We discussed "moderate Calvinism", how it's a misnomer, as well as hyper-Calvinism. Dr. White then described some of the practical implications of coming to an understanding of Sovereign Grace. He also talked about works that he recommends on Election and Sovereign Grace. My favorite question was to ask how to explain these things to a three-year-old.
Mike Gendron is founder of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries, based in Dallas, Texas. Mike was a Roman Catholic […]
For this episode, Carl Johnson of Twin City Fellowship returns to talk about Dual Covenant Theology, the idea […]
This month I am joined by Patrick Szalapski of ShareYourFaith.org to discuss seven essential doctrines of the Christian Faith: the authority of the Bible, the Triune God, the incarnation, the atonement, the resurrection, salvation & condemnation, and the church. This episode is a condensed version of an 8-week course that Patrick has taught several times to different church groups, and is essentially a primer on systematic theology. To sign up for email notifications of new episodes of Echo Zoe Radio, visit https://www.echozoe.com/archives/2292