Bored Protestant

If you look within Arminianism you will see two schools one is Classical Arminianism that mainly follows Jacob Arminius. The other school is Wesleyan Arminianism that mainly follows John Wesley. Now both sides love Arminius and Wesley but each side favors one over the other.  But within these two schools there are differences like the Atonement, Christian perfection and Imputation. But for this blog post I'm gonna be focusing on Christian perfection or entire sanctification since many see this as the main dividing line. But I will argue that christian perfection is not the main dividing issue. But first we need to define this doctrine since this great doctrine has been corrupted and goes against what John Wesley originally intended. Definition of Christian Perfection Here is how I would define christian perfection: loving God with all our heart and able not to commit sin. Now the first part every Christian will affirm that we should love God with all our heart. But saying that a Ch...

The goal of this blog post is to answer the question of whether open theism fits within the Arminian tradition. Since you will hear Open theists proclaim they are Arminians or Calvinist use it as a polemic against Arminianism. It's my opinion that open theism does not fit within Arminian orthodoxy and I will define what this orthodoxy is. Since there is a foundational difference in what God can know about between the Arminian and open theist. Since believing in free will doesn't make one an Arminian it's following the great tradition built by great theologians like Arminius and John Wesley that makes you Arminian. The Orthodox Arminian view of God's foreknowledge We need to first define what the orthodox Arminian view is when it comes to God's foreknowledge. The best way to do this is by looking at Jacob Arminius and John Wesley. The reason is that those two are the best representatives for Arminianism since they both help build this tradition. When it comes to God...