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"Answer all [the Calvinists'] objections, as occasion offers, both in public and private. But take care to do this with all possible sweetness both of look and of accent...Make it a matter of constant and earnest prayer, that God would stop the plague." -- John Wesley
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Fighting For The Angels
"If my understanding of predestination is not correct, then my sin is compounded, since I would be slandering the saints who by opposing my view are fighting for the angels." [RC Sproul, Chosen by God, pg. 14]
The purpose of this blog is to discuss the very important topic of soteriology (study of salvation) within the theological framework of Arminianism. This blog will serve as both an apologetic for Arminian doctrine and a polemic against the teachings of Calvinism. I hope that you will enjoy my posts and any interaction that they may generate. May God Bless you as you seek His truth (Jn. 17:17).
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"Besides, even true and living faith in Christ precedes regeneration strictly taken, and consisting of the mortification or death of the old man, and the vivification of the new man, as Calvin has, in the same passage of his Institutes, openly declared, and in a manner which agrees with the Scriptures and the nature of faith. For Christ becomes ours by faith, and we are engrafted into Christ, are made members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones, and, being thus planted with him, we coalesce or are united together, that we may draw from him the vivifying power of the Holy Spirit, by which power the old man is mortified and we rise again into a new life. All these things cohere together with each other in a certain order,and must thus also be considered, if any one be desirous of knowing them not confusedly but distinctly, and of explaining them well to others." [Works Vol.2 pg. 233, Wesleyan Heritage Collection].
5 comments:
Thanks for sharing the link. I need to work through Owen soon. It's hard, though, to get through Packer's introduction. Apparently no one ever taught him the whole flies-honey/vinegar thing.
If I were a Calvinist, I would be an Owenite. And a Warfieldian.
BTW, I love the roos!
Billy
Apparently no one ever taught him the whole flies-honey/vinegar thing.
The same could be said of Owen. As long as Calvinists hold he and people like him up as great theologians, Calvinism (for them) can never be just some minor variation of doctrine as exists between pre/post/mid trib rapture, because men tend to act like the ones they hold to be their fathers. For men like that, it's their way or no way.
Thanks Ben. I hope you continue your series on falling from grace.
Dan
J.C.: The same could be said of Owen. As long as Calvinists hold he and people like him up as great theologians, Calvinism (for them) can never be just some minor variation of doctrine as exists between pre/post/mid trib rapture, because men tend to act like the ones they hold to be their fathers. For men like that, it's their way or no way.
Right. This particular point of Calvinism is one where humility is especially called for. Limited atonement is patently contradicted by multiple passages in the NT; Calvin's exact view isn't totally clear; many fine "4 point" Calvinist scholars don't buy into it. In fact it is a belief exclusive to Calvinism; even the otherwise very similar Lutherans don't hold it. The burden of proof is definitely theirs.
Their best strategy would be to patiently and irenically argue why their view should be considered, but they don't. I can forgive Owen because of his times, but Packer comes out swinging, "What? You don't believe this? How dare you so distort the Gospel!" That doesn't exactly encourage those not already convinced to be open to their arguments.
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