Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Jeremy Lee, a long time listener and Patreon of Soteriology 101, joins Dr. Flowers on a Sound of the Saints episode. Jeremy shares his journey in and out of Calvinism along with insights he has learned along the way. This is a very insight conversation if you have been struggling with Calvinism. To become a Patreon of the Podcast please visit: www.soteriology101.com/support To find a copy of Austin Fischer's book, "Young, Restless and No Longer Reformed" please visit: https://www.amazon.com/Young-Restless-Longer-Reformed-Calvinism/dp/1625641516  

Drs. David Platt, John MacArthur, John Piper and many other notable Calvinistic leaders throughout history have affirmed "that God loves all people in the world (John 3:16) and he desires all people's salvation (2 Peter 3:9)." But the apparent inconsistency of that perspective from the Calvinistic worldview has lead many of the Younger Reformed and Restless types to abandon the idea of God's love and desire for all people. What effect can this have on the church? Dr. Leighton Flowers examines this issue and explains why we must hold to a consistent soteriology that maintains God's genuine self-sacrificial love for every single man, woman, boy and girl. For more on this topic go to www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Leighton Flowers critiques MacArthur's rather simplistic explanation of Divine Foreknowledge from the non-Calvinistic worldview. 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 responds to The Founders ministry article written by Tom Ascol titled: "Is There Really No Biblical Support for Unconditional Election?" Which was written in critique of Dr. Eric Hankins message at the Connect 316 banquet. In this presentation Dr. Flowers talks through Matt 11:25-17, John 6 & 17 and Acts 13:48 (among a few others) from a Traditionalist's perspective so as to answer Ascol's Calvinistic interpretation.   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 goes through the biblical uses of the word "dead" in the NT to clearly demonstrate that not once is it used to connote the idea of total innate moral inability to respond willingly to God Himself.  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 responds to an article by Dr. Tom Nettles of the Founders calling churches to "get a Calvinist Pastor." Dr. Flowers addresses the concern of church splits in the Southern Baptist Convention because Pastor Search Committees are often unaware of what some applicants believe about soteriology and God's genuine self-sacrificial love for all people. 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. Eric Hankins, pastor of FBC Fairhope, AL and author the Traditionalist Statement, threw down the gauntlet at the SBC Annual meeting with a challenge for Traditionalists of the SBC to get involved! Dr. Hankins joins Dr. Flowers on the program to talk about the importance of "loyal opposition" within the SBC over the soteriological divide already present. What is next for Traditionalism? We can't lead in neutral. Dr. Hankins challenges all Traditionalists everywhere to get involved by (1) knowing what you believe and speaking out with kindness, courage and confidence, (2) Insist the the SBC leaders engage with the confessional conversation about the imbalance within the seminaries, and (3) show up to the conventions to vote and make your voice heard. Hankins said, "We are in the driver’s seat in terms of theological scholarship, and we need to start acting like it, speaking like it, and writing like it. Positively, we need to develop our soteriological convictions into a coherent system that is no longer beholden to the mistakes of Augustinian-Calvinist synthesis." For more on this topic please visit www.soteriology101.com To learn more about Rick Patrick and Connect 316 please visit: www.connect316.net

Dr. Leighton Flowers contrasts moderate or "lower" forms of Calvinism, as expressed by Packer, with the "higher" forms of Calvinism more prevalent today (Sproul/Piper). "Higher Calvinism" is more logically consistent with itself than the lower form expressed by Packer, which is clearly resting on a blatant contradiction (A = notA). Let's explore... 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 goes point by point through RC Sproul's well known arguments for Unconditional Election in Romans 9. 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 confronts an audio clip from an "Ask John Piper" podcast about whether or not God is ever surprised. Piper answers the question by going FAR beyond the scope of the scripture and undermining the biblical concept of foreknowledge by equating it with predetermination. Piper even goes so far to say, "God knows it (all future happenings) because He does it." Is this biblical or just the logical implications of a highly systematized Calvinistic worldview of meticulous divine determinism? Let's explore... You can listen to the full audio broadcast of Dr. Piper here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvpSkwUPnyk&t=464s