In this final episode of a series on prevenient grace, Dr. David Fry and Johnathan Arnold discuss whether or not Wesleyan prevenient grace is biblical and what it means for something to be biblical.

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In this episode, Clair Sams joins David Fry and Johnathan Arnold to discuss board culture and church government.

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In this episode, Johnathan Arnold and Dr. David Fry discuss why the resurrection is the necessary for our redemption.

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In this episode, David Fry and Johnathan Arnold discuss the Equality Act, its impact on churches and Christian organizations, and the void in our culture concerning what it means to be male and female.

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In this episode, David Fry and Johnathan Arnold discuss a recent piece of cultural art and how the church can respond.

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In this special Good Friday episode of the Holy Joys Podcast, Johnathan Arnold and David Fry discuss atonement theories: How does the death of Jesus on the cross accomplish our redemption? 

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Philip Brown joins David Fry and Johnathan Arnold to discuss the rule of faith. The episode begins with a short current events segment on Rush Limbaugh and his impact on evangelical Christians.

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In this episode, David Fry and Johnathan Arnold continue discussing Wesleyan Prevenient Grace in the thought of William Burt Pope. WPG is compared to the thought of John Cassian,  Jonathan Edwards, Augustine, Pelagius, and Charles Finney.

Quotes from Fry:

• Arminians continue to be accused of being semi-Pelagian or perhaps even Pelagian for saying that we initiate our salvation.
• Our doctrine of grace has many implications for our pulpit ministry.
• The way we appeal to people to come to Christ matters. Those are delicate theological moments, and we need to make sure we are exalting grace in those moments instead of placing upon a person a burden that they can't carry.
• It very unfortunate that our revival theology has been shaped so much by Charles Finney who denied prevenient grace. Finney is not a friend to Wesleyans.

Quotes from Arnold:

• I hear things like "God is just waiting for you to take the first step towards you." God is not just waiting.
• Pope defines faith as a "divinely-wrought belief." Faith begins with the act of God upon the soul.
• We cannot schedule a "revival." "Revivals" are days when we pray for revival and humble ourselves to ask if God would graciously give us revival.

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In this episode, David Fry and Johnathan Arnold continue discussing prevenient grace in the thought of William Burt Pope.

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In this episode, Johnathan Arnold and David Fry discuss whether or not the church should offer virtual communion and how the rush to live-stream the Lord's Supper reflects a general over-spiritualization of the church. 

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