CALVINISM VS. ARMINIANISM: The Bible Answers
CALVINISM VS. ARMINIANISM goes back to the early seventeenth century with a Christian theological debate between the followers of John Calvin and Jacobus Arminius and continues today among some Protestants, particularly evangelicals. The debate is centered around soteriology, that is, the study of salvation, and includes disputes about total depravity, predestination, and atonement. While the debate has developed its Calvinist–Arminian form in the 17th century, the issues that are fundamental to the debate have been discussed in Christianity in some fashion since the days of Augustine of Hippo's disputes with the Pelagians in the fifth century. CALVINISM VS. ARMINIANISM is taking a different approach in that the issues will be discussed as The Bible Answers being that it is the centerpiece.
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“The Good News Translations renders that last clause and prepositional phrase, ‘God will rule completely over all.’ The Universalist would say that if God were going to ‘be all in all or if ‘God will rule completely over all’ he would need to reconcile all humans to himself eventually.” (source)
“As was stated earlier, when you have a couple of verses that seem to be in conflict with many verses from Genesis to Revelation, it means that you are likely misunderstanding a couple of verses.” (source)
“Titus 2:10 says, ‘For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all [pasin] men.’” (source)
“Another example would be at Luke 11:42, which reads, ‘But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every [pan] herb, and neglect justice and the love of God.’ It should be noted that both the mint and the rue are herbs. Thus, the GNT135 renders it, ‘all the other herbs.’ While this author accepts the literal translations as being closest to the Word of God in English,136 they can infer that the mint and rue are not herbs, while the dynamic equivalent translations clear it up.” (source)
“The universal salvation position that all humans will eventually be reconciled to God, receiving salvation, is unbiblical. God has given humanity free will, and as free moral persons, they have the ability to reject his sovereignty. Moreover, if universal salvation were true, it would be at odds with the very reason God allowed humanity to go on after the sin of Adam, as opposed to just starting over.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : CALVINISM VS. ARMINIANISM: The Bible Answers
- Author: Andrews, Edward D.
- Publisher: Christian Publishing House
- Publication Date: 2018
- ISBN: 9781949586992
