#02 – Pelagianism – The Self Help Gospel
Are people born with a blank slate or with what theologians call Original Sin? Do unbelievers really have free will and the capacity to choose God? Are unbelievers spiritually sick and in need of rescue, or spiritually dead and in need of resurrection?
You can find the answer to these questions and more on this episode of Stop and Think About It.
Episode Navigation:
1:20 - Introduction
1:55 - Examining Dr. Tony Evans Views on Original Sin
4:40 - Definition of Original Sin
7:30 - Spiritual Death
10:15 - Break
11:00 - Pelagius vs. Augustine (Original Sin, Free Will, Grace)
14:35 - Erasmus vs. Luther (The Bondage of the Will)
15:30 - Man is Dead, not Sick
16:40 - Council of Dort (Arminianism, Semi-Pelagianism)
17:30 - Wesley and Whitfield
18:30 - Little Boy and the Rattlesnake
19:50 - The Doctrine of Free Will?
20:30 - Arguments for Free Will
God Did Not Create Robots God Looks Down the Corridors of Time Jesus is a Gentleman
24:30 - Break
25:30 - Charles Finney's Methods
26:40 - Two Heresies from Charles Finney's Systematic Theology
Finney Denied Original Sin Finney Denied Imputed Righteousness
27:00 - Billy Graham and The Altar Calls and Sinner's Prayer
31:40 - Seeker Sensitive Churches
36:30 - The Preaching of the Gospel Brings True Conviction
39:35 - Final Thoughts
The Gospel Phil Sessa's Closing Comments
43:00 - Ending
