Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Dr. Leighton Flowers responds to an article critiquing his views on the God given moral abilities of mankind. Drew Mery's article can be found here: https://reformedbaptistdaily.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/enabling-power-of-the-gospel-a-response-to-dr-leighton-flowers/#_ftn2 For more on this topic go to www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Flowers responds to an Ask Pastor Piper episode where a listener struggles with apathy and fatalistic thinking due to the Calvinistic teaching of "Sovereignty" (interpreted to mean determinism). To hear the original podcast from the Ask Pastor Piper go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DiyzmMjp4s&t=1s For more on this subject please visit www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, challenges the teachings of Dr. John Piper regarding the Calvinistic doctrine of Irresistible or Effectual Grace. For more on this topic please visit www.soteriology101.com To watch the full teaching of John Piper go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4_H6Gpekxg&t=3099s&pbjreload=10 To watch Dr. Flowers teaching on the Nature of man, the hardening of the heart and Judicial hardening go here: https://youtu.be/5tldQVr_tgM

Dr. Flowers is continuing the rebuttal of James White's review of the Free Will Debate in Houston on November 3rd... To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor please visit OUR SUPPORT PAGE. To purchase Dr. Flower’s book, The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology, CLICK HERE. Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists and founder of Soteriology 101, introduces the soteriological label “Provisionalism” to better describe the view held by most “Traditionalists” among the Southern Baptist Convention, and many of those outside the SBC. Listen to the reasons he feels this label is better… For more articles and resources from Dr. Leighton Flowers please visit www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, begins his rebuttal of Dr. James White's critique on the Free Will Debate. For more on this topic go to www.soteriology101.com Dr. White's original critique of the debate can be found at AOMIN.

Dr. Flowers answers a question posed by two Calvinistic friends from the Doctrine and Devotion Podcast (Jimmy and Joe). Why should Traditionalists pray if they do not believe God will violate human free will? To listen to Dr. Flowers deeper interaction on this topic in response to Dr. Wayne Grudem go here: http://traffic.cast.plus/57b5ec8fb1e770152ebcd8ae/traffic.libsyn.com/soteriology101/39_Soteriology_101_Why_Pray_Response_to_Dr.mp3 To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor please visit OUR SUPPORT PAGE.   To purchase Dr. Flower’s book, The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology, CLICK HERE.   For more articles and resources from Dr. Leighton Flowers please visit www.soteriology101.com  

Dr. Leighton Flowers and Dr. Johnathan Pritchett (Traditionalists) debate Dr. Sonny Hernandez and Dr. Theodore Zachariades (Calvinists) over the doctrine of Free Will. Things become a bit contentious in the CX when Theodore and Sonny disavow the London Baptist Confession's statement on free will (Chapter 9) since prior to the debate Leighton and Johnathan were told they affirmed it. This cause much unnecessary confusion and contention. On July 18th, an email with all parties copied, Sonny said, "Hey Leighton, The best way to summarize our position would be to review the 1689 London Baptist Confession or the Westminster Confession of Faith (See Free will)." And even after Leighton literally copied and pasted chapter 9 (the one on Free Will) into the email and asking specifically what they affirmed, Sonny wrote back to all parties (including Theodore), "Leighton, what you see in the confession is what we affirm..." Leighton put up a live video on the Soteriology 101 facebook page showing all these emails for his followers to read for themselves. Things also became unnecessarily heated when Theodore called his opponents "brothers" and then retracted that statement saying they were merely "opponents" and that he wasn't sure they were actual "brothers" due to their view of grace. To watch this debate on YouTube go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfyOmkaDtMg&t=6419s To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor please visit OUR SUPPORT PAGE. To purchase Dr. Flower’s book, The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology, CLICK HERE. For more articles and resources from Dr. Leighton Flowers please visit www.soteriology101.com

For quite sometime Traditionalists have attempted to save the word “sovereignty” from this generation’s consistent misuse of the term (which I’ve been guilty of as well in the past). I was happy to learn that we are not alone in our efforts. I recently happened upon an article posted by Paul D. Miller, a student at the Reformed Theological Seminary. It was posted by The Gospel Coalition, a Calvinistic organization, in which (to my delight) he properly defines the word “sovereignty.” The article "Saving Sovereignty": https://soteriology101.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/saving-sovereignty/ To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor please visit OUR SUPPORT PAGE.   To purchase Dr. Flower’s book, The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology, CLICK HERE.   For more articles and resources from Dr. Leighton Flowers please visit www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Flowers reads an article from the Illinois Baptist paper on the Reformation and how it is still impacting the Southern Baptist Convention. With quotes from Dr. Albert Mohler, Dr. Eric Hankins and others... The original article from the Illinois Baptist Paper can be found here: http://illinoisbaptist.org/heres-where-it-all-began-but-where-will-it-end-our-differences-are-theological-and-generational-and-growing/

Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, goes step by step through the doctrine of man's nature and how one may grow self hardened and then possibly even judicially hardened by God in their rebellion. To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor please visit OUR SUPPORT PAGE.   To purchase Dr. Flower’s book, The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology, CLICK HERE.   For more articles and resources from Dr. Leighton Flowers please visit www.soteriology101.com