Book description
In this current environment of growth among Traditional Calvinism,
Arminians of all denominations are looking for a good resource from an
Arminiam interpretation. Once again, Forlines and Pinson have worked
together to provide such a resource. This book is a valuable
contribution to the Arminian-Calvinist debate. Pinson has gleaned and
edited the content related to the doctrine of salvation from Forlines'
tone, The Quest for Truth, and arranged the material in logical order,
in a reader-friendly fashion. The result is a smaller, more
topic-specific book that will find an entirely new audience among
Arminians who are seeking to defend their theological position against
the rise of the New Calvinism. This is an excellent resource tool for
further study of the Arminian view. Professor Forlines here develops
at greater length the approach already taken in his commentary on
Romans. The result is a careful defense of a model in which God works to
achieve salvation in human beings by "influence and response"
rather than by "cause and effect," a view which commends
itself as doing better justice to the concept of a personal God entering
into relationships with human beings as persons. F. Leroy Forlines is
a prolific author having published "Romans Commentary,"
"Biblical Systematics," "The Quest for Truth," and
"Biblical Ethics." Forlines taught at Free Will Baptist Bible
College for 50 years and continues to serve as Adjunct Professor. He is
also Adjunct Professor of Theology at Russian Baptist Theological
Institute at the Chelyabinsk Affiliate of he Moscow Theological
Institute, under the auspices of Free Will Baptist International
Missions. Forlines earned his B. A. from Free Will Baptist Bible
College, M. A. from Winona Lake School of Theology, B. D. from Northern
Baptist Theological Seminary, and Th. M. from Chicago Graduate School of
Theology. J. Matthew Pinson is president of Free Will Baptist Bible
College in Nashville, Tennessee. Before his current position, he labored
as a pastor, teacher, and writer in Alabama, Connecticut, and Georgia. A
native of Pensacola, Florida, Mr. Pinson holds degrees from Yale
University and the University of West Florida and completed his
doctorate at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of other Randall
House books such as "A Free Will Baptist Handbook" and
"The Washing of the Saint's Feet." He lives with his wife and
children in Nashville, TN.
