Arminian and Baptist - Softcover

J. Matthew Pinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892656964 ISBN 13: 9780892656967

Publisher: Randall House Publications, 2015

Synopsis

In this new book J. Matthew Pinson presents a collection of historical-theological essays from the vantage point of a variety of Arminianism coming to be known as Reformed Arminianism. These essays describe the contours of the theology of the seventeenth-century English General Baptists Thomas Helwys and Thomas Grantham, showing their kinship with the thought of Jacobus Arminius, and the ways they diverged from thinkers such as John Smyth, John Goodwin, and John Wesley. Unlike these latter thinkers, Helwys and Grantham emphasized more-Reformed understandings of the meaning of sin and salvation. This is seen most clearly in their doctrines of total depravity, penal substitutionary atonement, the imputation of the active and passive obedience of Christ, and progressive sanctification. These doctrines produced a way of looking at perseverance and apostasy that emphasizes perseverance through faith alone rather than remaining in a state of grace through works and penitence.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Matthew Pinson is president of Welch College in Nashville, Tennessee. He holds a master's degree from Yale and a doctorate from Vanderbilt and has authored or edited several books, including Four Views on Eternal Security and A Free Will Baptist Handbook. He lives in the Nashville area with his wife, Melinda, and their children, Anna and Matthew.            

Review:

. . . a compelling account of an Arminianism that is at once Reformed, classical, and evangelical. Some Calvinists will find here a set of first cousins they never knew they had, and some Arminians will discover a sturdier faith that comes within "the hair's breadth" of difference Mr. Wesley talked about. --Timothy George, founding dean, Beeson Divinity School of Samford University

I highly recommend this book. . . . Most Arminians will encounter some surprises here. I also recommend it to Calvinists. Our first obligation to those with whom we disagree is to find out what they are actually saying. If this happens, Arminianism will be given a new face in the theological world. --F. Leroy Forlines, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Students, Welch College

About this edition

• Publisher: Randall House Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0892656964
• ISBN 13: 9780892656967
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282