Soteriology 101 — Dr. Leighton Flowers
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.” — John 3:16
Grace Team University teaches salvation the Baptist way, straight from the King James Bible: Christ died for the whole world (1 John 2:2), God wills all men to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4), election is according to His foreknowledge (1 Peter 1:2), and grace can be resisted (Acts 7:51) — see the university’s study Christ Died for the Whole World. No living teacher answers the Calvinist system more thoroughly, text by text, than Dr. Leighton Flowers of Soteriology 101 — a former Calvinist whose broadcasts walk through the contested passages (Romans 9, John 6, Acts 13:48) in their context and let the Bible speak. A collection of his strongest videos is gathered here for our preachers and students.
Why Calvinism Fails
Dr. Flowers’ overview case: why the Calvinist system fails the test of Scripture, taken text by text.
Unmasking the Myth of Calvinism in Romans 9
Romans 9 in its context: a contrast of faith and works, of Israel and the nations — not a decree of individual eternal destinies.
RC Sproul: Sovereign Grace in Romans 9
Walking through Dr. R. C. Sproul’s Romans 9 commentary, answered passage by passage.
John 6:44 De-Calvinized
John 6:44 and the Father’s “drawing”: enabled and invited, or irresistibly compelled? The text read in its true context, with John 12:32 beside it.
Sovereignty De-Calvinized
What “sovereignty” means when it is read from the Bible rather than from the system — Flowers interacts with a message by Dr. John Piper.
Was “Calvinism” Introduced by Augustine?
The history of the doctrine traced toward its source: how much of Calvinism begins with Augustine’s late turn against the earlier church?
John MacArthur Contradicts Calvinism
Flowers sets John MacArthur’s own statements beside the Calvinist system they contradict.
Does God Predetermine All Sin?
The crucifixion and Acts 4:27 – 28 examined against the determinist claim that God brings about all moral evil.
Calvinist’s Fatal Flaw: Guilty Babies
Are babies born guilty and deserving of hell? The question Calvinism cannot comfortably answer, from Geoffrey Robinson’s critique.