Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Dr. Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, responds to a forum of Calvinistic leaders (Sproul, MacArthur and Mohler) discussing God's foreknowledge and predestination. For more on this topic please visit www.soteriology101.com

Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, explains why John Piper's teaching necessarily entails that God is acting monergistically in regard to evil. Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists, explains why John Piper's teaching necessarily entails that God is acting monergistically in regard to evil.    John Piper on Causality 1. Piper teaches that G...

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...

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 Tex...

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_Soter...

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 muc...

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 Calvini...

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-generati...

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 Bi...

Dr. Leighton Flowers reviews the first part of The Calvinist Movie that was just released this month. To purchase The Calvinist Movie go to: www.calvinistmovie.com For more on this topic please go to www.soteriology101.com

Because Dr. Flowers has created a blog and podcast dedicated to addressing the issue of Calvinism within the Southern Baptist Convention he is sometimes accused of being imbalanced. This is an understandable perception if all you know of him is through his popular Soteriology 101 podcast, but this short video should help you to better understand Leighton's motives and ministry. Here is the satire...

At the request of a long time supporter of the broadcast, Dr. Flowers recorded a thorough debate analysis using the new YouTube technology so as to debunk the often repeated accusations brought by followers of White regarding the debate agreement and what true bible exegesis entails. Enjoy! Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zIRdcb93o To support this ministry with a one-time...

Dr. Flowers kindly replies to two good Calvinistic brothers from the Doctrine & Devotion Podcast (Joe Thorn and Jimmy) who have accused him of misrepresenting Calvinism. Dr. Flowers has written on the all too common accusation of misrepresentation HERE: https://soteriology101.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/you-dont-understand-calvinism/ Here is the mongergism.com link referenced: https://www.monergism.c...

In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting Dr. Flowers tackles the differing theological ways to answer the problem of evil. Should we conclude that God brings about all henious evil for His own self-exaltation, as some theologians argue? Or, do you appeal to the free will defense like CS Lewis, William Lane Craig, Tim Keller, Ravi Zacharais and so many other theologians and apologists? Let's d...

Dr. Flowers interviews a young man named Sam who has left behind Calvinism. 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

Hear some stories of those who left behind Calvinism. Hosted by Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Apologetics for Texas Baptists. Leighton is joined by the hosts of a new podcast called the Bible Brodown: https://www.facebook.com/biblebrodown/ 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...

JD Greear's sermon on Ephesians 1 represents the type of Calvinism that is on the rise within the Southern Baptist Convention. In this episode, Dr. Flowers, cordially provides an exegetical rebuttal to JD's message on Predestination and Election from a Traditional Southern Baptist Perspective. To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor please visit  OUR SUPPOR...

Dr. Leighton Flowers responds to a Calvinistic pastor, Dr. Sean Cole, over the interpretation of Acts 13:48 and in specific over the spiritual condition of Cornelius in Acts 10 prior to hearing the gospel. Dr. Flowers compares Acts 28:23-28 with Acts 13:43-48 to reveal the actual intention of the biblical authors in contrast to the Calvinistic interpretation. To support this ministry with a one-ti...

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...

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...