Soteriology 101: Former Calvinistic Professor Discusses Doctrines Of Salvation

Dr. Leighton Flowers brings a cordial critique to Calvinists who are "declaring war on the sinner's prayer." Which is represented by Calvinists such as David Platt and Paul Washer.

Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, plays clips of leading apologists and theologians regarding Theodicy, the problem of evil. Listen to hear the two most common approaches to Theodicy from leading Christian scholars and decide for yourselves with approach is most biblically sound. (Hear answers from Ravi Zacharias, William Lane Craig, CS Lewis, RC Sproul, John Piper & James White) 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

Les Lanphere is making a movie titled, "Calvinist" which has raised over $80,000 on kickstarter. Dr. Leighton Flowers, a former Calvinistic professor, provides a critique to the faddish element of this "young, restless and reformed" resurgence by playing clips from other more level headed Calvinists. For more please visit www.soteriology101.com

Part 2: Guest Eric Hernandez joins Dr. Leighton Flowers for a discussion over Apologetic methodology by interacting with a recent Dividing Line program from Dr. James White. This program shows specifically how one's soteriology impacts their apologetic methodology. For Part 1 of this interview: https://youtu.be/58eWH_6pjAY For more on Eric you can visit him here: http://www.erichernandezministries.com/ To hear Eric and Sye's original debate go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJrwW9QLHQ To listen the Dr. William Lane Craig interact with this discussion go here: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/reasonable-faith-podcast/latest To watch the original DL program with Dr. White go here: https://www.youtube.com/user/AominOrg

Guest Eric Hernandez joins Dr. Leighton Flowers for a discussion over Apologetic methodology by interacting with a recent Dividing Line program from Dr. James White. This program clearly shows specifically how one's soteriology impacts their apologetic methodology. (Part 1 of 2) For more on Eric you can visit him here: http://www.erichernandezministries.com/ To hear Eric and Sye's original debate go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJrwW9QLHQ To listen the Dr. William Lane Craig interact with this discussion go here: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/reasonable-faith-podcast/latest To watch the original DL program with Dr. White go here: https://www.youtube.com/user/AominOrg

Dr. Flowers offers a critical look at the film put out by Red Grace Media titled Unpopular.   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 talks through the London Baptist Confession's teaching on the liberty of the human will and the biblical arguments as to why Calvinists believe we have lost all liberty as it pertains to our response to the gospel's appeal. For more please visit www.soteriology101.com

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 be

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

Why the label "Traditionalists?" What is soteriological traditionalism exactly? Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, answers critics who oppose the label "Traditionalism" by explaining its intention. He also welcomes non-Southern Baptists to join Traditionalists by adopting this label as well, after all that the earliest tradition of the church did in fact affirm the libertarian freedom of the will. For more please visit www.connect316.net or www.soteriology101.com 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 deals with the logical implications of the claims of Theistic Fatalism and Calvinism by responding to a clip from Dr. John Piper. Is Calvinism logically consistent with Fatalism but not the Bible? 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

Drs. Leighton Flowers and Johnathan Pritchett (along with a video from NT Wright) discuss the first century tribal or collectivist culture as it relates to our hermeneutic in approaching controversial passages regarding soteriology. Dr. James Leo Garrett, an esteemed Southern Baptist scholar, wrote of a “Westernized hyper individualization” of certain biblical doctrines: "From Augustine of Hippo to the twentieth century, Western Christianity has tended to interpret the doctrine of election from the perspective of and with regard to individual human beings. During those same centuries the doctrine has been far less emphasized and seldom ever controversial in Eastern Orthodoxy. Is it possible that Augustine and later Calvin, with the help of many others, contributed to a hyper individualization of this doctrine that was hardly warranted …?" Let’s just be honest. We, as American Westerners, do tend to think everything is about us, the individual. We tend to read the text with an ego-centric bent. If someone tell