God does not show favoritism.
–Romans 2:11 (NIV)–
I will have mercy on
whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on
whom I have compassion…
the Lord will carry out his sentence
on earth with speed and finality…
The one who trusts in Him
will never be put to shame.
–Romans 9:15, 28, 33 (NIV)–
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The following Wesleyan-holiness denominations would likely accept the books below for an Arminian view of predestination and election: the Wesleyan Church, the Free Methodist Church, the Church of the Nazarene, the Salvation Army, Church of God (Anderson), Church of God (Cleveland), the Bible Methodist Church, the Evangelical Methodist Church, Assemblies of God, and the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Martin Luther, Commentary on Romans (Kregel, 1982).
Jack W. Cottrell, “The Classical Arminian View,” in Perspectives on Election (B&H, 2006).
Randolph S. Foster, Objections to Calvinism As It Is (Schmul, 1998), chs. 2-3.
John Wesley, Calvinism Calmly Considered, 2 vols (Schmul, 2002).
—. “Free Grace: Against the Favoritistic False Doctrines of Calvinism.”
Adam Clarke, Clarke’s Commentary, 6 vols (Schmul, n.d.).
Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline (HarperCollins, 2018).
