Forlines, F. Leroy. (2011). Classical Arminianism: A Theology of Salvation. Nashville, TN: Randall House Publications. 
Dr. J. Matthew Pinson, the president of Free Will Baptist Bible College, has done the theological world a favor by editing and rearranging the soteriological sections of Forlines' excellent book, The Quest for Truth, into a new format. The result is a more compact yet thorough explanation of Classical Arminian theology that fills a bibliographic gap in theological literature.
The book is composed of ten chapters, listed here to whet your appetite:
1. Human Nature, Total Depravity, and the Image of God
2. The Theology of Election
3. Proof Texts for Unconditional Election: Romans 9
4. Proof Texts for Unconditional Election: Other Texts
5.Scriptural Support for Conditional Election
6. The Nature of Atonement and Justification
7. The Condition of Salvation
8. Sanctification
9. The Perseverance of the Saints
10. Apostasy and Assurance: Doctrinal and Practical Conditions
The introduction written by Pinson accomplishes several things: One, it gives the rationale for excerpting and repackaging material from The Quest for Truth. Two, it clearly orients the reader to the issues the book addresses. Three, it hooks the reader into reading the book. Indeed, the aid given the reader is excellent.
Forlines and Pinson do an excellent job of distinguishing Classical Arminian theology from popular Arminianism, which is often unknowingly semi-Pelagian, and outright semi-Pelagian theology, both of which minimize the impact of depravity on people particularly in asserting that people are able to respond positively to the gospel under their own power, and from Classical Reformed/Calvinistic theology which one would expect in a book like this. In contrast, Classical Arminian theology argues that human beings are totally depraved and unable in and of themselves to respond to the gospel message. But by God's grace they are enabled and drawn to respond positively or negatively to the message of salvation through Christ. Thus, in Classical Arminian theology, all of salvation is of grace.
Some interesting positions that Forlines takes include affirming the penal substitutionary theory of the atonement (something many Wesleyans these days reject in contrast to Wesley, Watson, Pope, Summers, Ralston, etc.), individual election, that perseverance is in union with Christ, and that apostasy results in permanent loss of salvation. For a great summary of how Forlines' Classical Arminianism compares to Classical Wesleyan-Arminian theology, see the review of Dr. Vic Reasoner here.
In recent years, there has been an effort on the part of Classical and Wesleyan-Arminians to clarify their theological positions in the light of the resurgence of Calvinism, and rescue genuine, Classical, or Reformed Arminian theology from false understandings, charactures, accusations of being semi-pelagian, and from the sloppy, popular Arminianism that characterizes many American churches today. This book, along with Robert Picirilli's book Grace, Faith, Free Will, and Roger Olson's book, Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities goes a long way to stating clearly that Classical Arminianism is not semi-pelagian, is indeed biblical, does legitimately have a claim to arise from the Reformation, and has been smeared out of ignorance from many Calvinist pulpits. Hopefully, the book will help Arminian readers to be more careful and precise in understating and preaching the gospel, and it will help Calvinist readers to represent Classical Arminianism accurately in their academic and pastoral work. All in all, an honest read will help people rethink and refine their understanding of soteriology. This book is highly recommended.
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