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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Only Wesley would say Arminianism is a "hair's breadth from Calvinism."

As strong as the emphasis on free grace is in Wesleyan-Arminianism, it's not so far off.

Either God elects based on His good pleasure alone and not on any good works men have done/might do, or men get themselves elected by their own good efforts and pious intentions.

Faith isn't a good work or pious intention. It is, as you say below, a gift from God.

Salvation is by free and unmerited grace through faith in Christ, and that is not of ourselves. It is a gift from God to whom He will.

Wesley would agree.

Wesley was an excellent preacher and a devout Christian, but he contributed to the eventual erosion of men's understanding of God's sovereignty, instead replacing it with God's passivity and ultimate ineptitude. I prefer George Whitefield.

That is more charitable than some give Wesley credit for around here. I guess I'm not the only one who's mellowed out on the Calv/Arm threads over the years.

68 posted on 08/22/2008 4:31:43 AM PDT by The Grammarian
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To: The Grammarian

lol. I’m not sure I’ve “mellowed.” Perhaps I’ve gotten more patient because I’ve been around here long enough to see quite a few Arminians become Calvinists, by the grace of God alone. 8~)


84 posted on 08/22/2008 2:30:03 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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