May 5, 2008
The often acrimonious debates between contemporary Arminians and Calvinists are not new. The history of this discussion dates back 1600 years and has been continuous within Christian circles. It can be tracked, in part, with the following discussions: Augustine vs. Pelagius (early 5th century) Gottschalk vs. Rabanus (late 9th century) Bradwardine vs. Ockham (mid 14th […]
8 Comments | 
Church History, Theology | Tagged: Arminianism, Assurance, Calvinism, Election, Faith, Grace, Predestination, Reformed Theology, Salvation, Security, TULIP | 
Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 9, 2008
Now available on my Academic Materials page is the lead article of the then new academic periodical the Stone Campbell Journal entitled “God’s Sensible Pledge: The Witness of the Spirit in the Early Baptismal Theology of Alexander Campbell”. The article suggests that Campbell regarded baptism as God’s sensible (empirical) pledge of assurance. It is an […]
3 Comments | Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Alexander Campbell, Assurance, Baptism, Churches of Christ, Forgiveness, Holy Spirit, Pneumatology, Sacraments, Salvation, Stone-Campbell | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 8, 2008
I have added one of my earlier published pieces to the blog. I presented this lecture at a Harding Graudate School of Religion forum in 1992. It addresses the relationship between justification and sanctification in the context of assurance. You may access the lecture here. I plan to continuously add to my pages the rest […]
9 Comments | Theology | Tagged: Assurance, Christology, Churches of Christ, Faith, Grace, Justification, Sacraments, Salvation, Sanctification, Works | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks