Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

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...

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 w...

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 Austi...

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...

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 f...

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 a...

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 De...

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...

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'...

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...

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. Lei...

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 lo...

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 l...

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 Def...

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 t...

Dr. Leighton Flowers and Dr. Braxton Hunter, President of Trinity Theological Seminary (www.trinitysem.edu), responds to the Doctrine and Devotion Podcast's on Reprobation (double predestination). For more on Dr. Hunter's work visit www.braxtonhunter.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...

Dr. Leighton Flowers has a guest on the program today, Dr. Johnathan Pritchett, Vice President of Academic Affairs for Trinity Seminary, to discuss an article written by a Calvinist over the Westminster Confession's statement on God's sovereignty and man's responsibility.  To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor please visit  OUR SUPPORT PAGE . To purchase...

Dr. Leighton Flowers comments on Paul's Washer's sermon regarding the sinner's prayer and inviting Jesus into our hearts. 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. Leighto...

Dr. Flowers was interviewed on the Young Minds Big Question podcasts where they discussed Open Theism and the nature of God's infinite knowledge.   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...

Dr. Flowers explains why a defense of Human Autonomy and Free Will is actually a defense of Divine Holiness. He demonstrates this by contrasting Traditionalism with John Piper's teaching on the origin of evil.  He closes by looking back at his discussion with Jason Mullett of the Bible Thumping Wingnut Network .   To support this ministry with a one-time gift or to become a regular contributor ple...

Dr. Flowers describes how Lydia and Cornelius disprove Calvinism's ordo salutis in response to Dr. Sean Cole. (This is part 2) 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. Le...

Dr. Flowers and Jason Mullet, a Calvinist from The Bible Thumping Wingnut  group and host of  the Logical Beliefs podcast , had a lengthy and cordial discussion over the nature of free will, sovereignty and human responsibility as taught in scripture. 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,  Th...

Dr. Leighton Flowers responds to Calvinistic Pastor, Dr. Sean Cole, over the question of the role of the Holy Spirit in salvation by looking at the "Ordo Salutis" (order of salvation) and whether or not regeneration precedes faith. (This is Part 1 of 2)   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,...

Dr. David Allen, author of the ground-breaking work "The Extent of the Atonement," clearly and systematically refutes the errors of Dr. James White regarding the nature of the atonement. To purchase Dr. Allen's book go here: https://www.amazon.com/Extent-Atonement-Historical-Critical-Review/dp/1433643928 For more articles and resources from Dr. Leighton Flowers please visit www.soteriology101.com