Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Dr. Flowers plays an interview with Mark Driscoll and RC Sproul Sr. in which the question is asked, "Does God really want all people to be saved?" Let's dive in. For more please visit www.soteriology101.com    

Mary washed the feet of Christ. Dr. Flowers' sermon on the healing brought by the Cross through the eyes of Mary recorded in John 12: 12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.3 Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[b]” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among you,[c] but you will not always have me.”   For more please visit www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Flowers responds to Tim Keller, John Piper and Don Carson's conversation from the T4G conference published by the Gospel Coalition, titled "Did Jesus preach the gospel?" (seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5E_MqEqk-U) For more please visit www.soteriology101.com

Is God more concerned with our Holiness or our Happiness? Dr. Flowers preaches from Mark 8:31ff to uncover some of the lies that Christian's believe. Jesus calls Peter Satan, but why? What is Jesus teaching us about His plan of salvation and redemption for the world?  Let's dive in. For more please visit www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Flowers reads from his Facebook and iTunes comments while answering theological questions and providing much needed clarity on several disputable issues. He spends a considerable amount of time talking about the role of the Holy Spirit in salvation and his time at the Connect 316 conference. For more please visit www.soteriology101.com

Richard is a seminary student who was Calvinistic but has been slowly leaving TULIP behind. However, he is still at a seminary where he surrounded by Calvinists. Dr. Flowers and Richard talk through the issues. Here is the article from Dr. Jack Cottrell referenced by Dr. Flowers which teaches about the Early Church Fathers: https://arminianperspectives.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/jack-cottrell-did-the-early-christian-fathers-teach-calvinism/   For more visit www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Flowers rebuts several points from Dr. Piper's sermon at Together For the Gospel on the depravity of fallen man. Are all people born haters of God by divine decree? Let's dive in.

Dr. Flowers responds once again to James White's Dividing Line broadcast where White resorts to several ad hominem fallacies and accuses Flowers of stalking White and being obsessed with him. But Dr. Flowers attempts to focus on the hermeneutical issues and apparent hypocrisy of White in his dealings with a Unitarian as it related to the Romans 9 debate.  Here is the post on my facebook page that White references: James White was on the Unbelievable? Podcast debating the divinity of Christ with an Unitarian. The Unitarian wanted to limit the discussion to the book of Acts alone and, with respect, I found White's response quite hypocritical as it relates to his dealings with my hermeneutic. White argued that our hermeneutic cannot be limited to just one section of the NT but that we must look at the entire context of scripture to establish our doctrines (sound familiar?). If you recall that in our debate Dr. White questioned my hermeneutic of going to the entire New Testament to establish the context (of Gods judicial hardening etc). He accused me of not doing exegesis properly because I appealed to passages outside of one single chapter (Romans 9). He even went so far as to argue that my approach would not work when defending the deity of Christ and other foundational doctrines, yet when he was debating this Unitarian he clearly had to go outside the one book the Unitarian wanted to limit the discussion to. I agreed with White in his debate against the Unitarian but his answers reveal exactly the point I was attempting to argue. As you listen to White defend his hermeneutic against this Unitarian, I challenge you to apply his exact argument to our debate, I think the parallel will be astonishingly clear and White's hypocrisy revealed. http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Grill-James-White-Larry-Taunton-on-bible-study-with-Christopher-Hitchens

Dr. Brian Abasciano joins us again to discuss James White's greek errors regarding 1 John 5:1. Dr. Flowers and Dr. Abasciano also explore the possible interpretations of Acts 13:48. Dr. Abasciano's article addressing all of White's errors: http://evangelicalarminians.org/brian-abasciano-a-reply-to-james-white-on-1-john-51-and-the-order-of-faith-and-regeneration/   For more on this topic please visit: www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Flowers discusses Acts 13:48, Eph. 1, and Roman 9 while engaging with an old sermon clip from back when he was a Calvinistic pastor.  www.soteriology101.com