Comments on: Calvinism and Arminianism http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/ Bible Blog - Growing Closer to God through the Scriptures Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:21:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tc robinson http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-579 tc robinson Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:12:51 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-579 El, you got it! El, you got it!

]]> By: Bryan http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Bryan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:19:14 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-578 I'm a Calvinist by choice! *folds arms over chest* I’m a Calvinist by choice!

*folds arms over chest*

]]> By: Scripture Zealot http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Scripture Zealot Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:20:21 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-577 Whatever the opposite of "well-bred" is, that's what kind of Calvinist I am. Jeff Whatever the opposite of “well-bred” is, that’s what kind of Calvinist I am.
Jeff

]]> By: ElShaddai Edwards http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-576 ElShaddai Edwards Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:41:48 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-576 Yeah, I figured as much since he said "our responsibility to confess and believe" rather than "our decision to confess and believe" or similar free will language... Yeah, I figured as much since he said “our responsibility to confess and believe” rather than “our decision to confess and believe” or similar free will language…

]]> By: tc robinson http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-575 tc robinson Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:28:08 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-575 El, John MacArthur is a well-bred Calvinist. El, John MacArthur is a well-bred Calvinist.

]]> By: Scripture Zealot http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Scripture Zealot Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:07:06 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-574 Thank you for providing the article. Jeff Thank you for providing the article.
Jeff

]]> By: Charles Cameron http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Charles Cameron Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:27:55 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-573 I write to draw your attention to my article, Charles M. Cameron, "Arminius-Hero or Heretic?" The Evangelical Quarterly 64.3 (1992): 213-27. The article concludes: In our theology of salvation, we must take care to preserve the dual emphasis of Scripture on both grace and faith: ‘By grace you have been saved through faith’ (Eph. 2:8). It is not ‘grace without faith’, and it is not ‘faith apart from grace’. Salvation is by not 'grace without faith’, and it is not ‘faith apart from grace’. Salvation is ‘by grace through faith’. We are ‘kept by the power of God through faith’ (1 Pet. 1:5). It is not ‘the power of God apart from faith’, and it is not ‘faith independently of the power of God’. We are ‘kept by the power of God through faith’. In seeking to maintain the biblical balance between grace and faith, we may―perhaps surprisingly―find in Arminius, a theologian from whom we can learn much. He does not fit easily into the Calvinist Arminian patterns of theological pigeon­holing. He challenges us to think more deeply about the gospel, which is greater than all our systems. He invites us to have confidence in the gospel of Jesus Christ without becoming overconfi­dent in any particular interpretation, such as inflexible ‘Calvinism’ or superficial ‘Arminianism’. To find the full article, go to http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/arminius_cameron.pdf Best wishes. Charlie I write to draw your attention to my article,
Charles M. Cameron, “Arminius-Hero or Heretic?” The Evangelical Quarterly 64.3 (1992): 213-27.

The article concludes:

In our theology of salvation, we must take care to preserve the dual emphasis of Scripture on both grace and faith: ‘By grace you have been saved through faith’ (Eph. 2:8). It is not ‘grace without faith’, and it is not ‘faith apart from grace’. Salvation is by not ‘grace without faith’, and it is not ‘faith apart from grace’. Salvation is ‘by grace through faith’. We are ‘kept by the power of God through faith’ (1 Pet. 1:5). It is not ‘the power of God apart from faith’, and it is not ‘faith independently of the power of God’. We are ‘kept by the power of God through faith’. In seeking to maintain the biblical balance between grace and faith, we may―perhaps surprisingly―find in Arminius, a theologian from whom we can learn much. He does not fit easily into the Calvinist Arminian patterns of theological pigeon­holing. He challenges us to think more deeply about the gospel, which is greater than all our systems. He invites us to have confidence in the gospel of Jesus Christ without becoming overconfi­dent in any particular interpretation, such as inflexible ‘Calvinism’ or superficial ‘Arminianism’.

To find the full article, go to http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/arminius_cameron.pdf
Best wishes.
Charlie

]]> By: Scripture Zealot http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Scripture Zealot Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:02:09 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-571 You're welcome. You’re welcome.

]]> By: ElShaddai Edwards http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/06/19/calvinism-and-arminianism/comment-page-1/#comment-568 ElShaddai Edwards Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:22:02 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=187#comment-568 Thanks for posting this - I appreciate MacArthur's quote very much. Thanks for posting this – I appreciate MacArthur’s quote very much.

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