It’s quite sad to me to see Calvinists attempt to lay the problems in and deviations from the Church and it’s Christ at the feet of those who would otherwise be their Brothers and Sisters in Christ.
That is, however, the reality. Arminianism is the cause or at least a contributing factor to every ailment, challenge and heresy eating away at the [predestined] Body of Christ today.
As a Reformation Arminian myself, I suppose, then, that I am at the heart of the problem. Nevermind that I affirm the Bible as the Word of God, that I believe in Divine sovereignty, that I confess the Fundamentals of the Christian Faith.... No, I believe God is big enough to allow “free will” in His creation and STILL be sovereign over it ALL — so I am “the enemy.” I am “the Root of Christian Liberalism.”
There are many Calvinists who need to repent of such divisiveness, foolishness, and arrogance. For those not versed in Arminian Theology — and to show we’re not ALL raving lunatics as SOME Calvinists would have us believe — I encourage you to visit the website for the Society of Evangelical Arminians ( www.evangelicalarminians.org ).
To those who are my Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Blessings. To those who won’t acknowledge me as a Brother in Christ — I forgive you...
Nowhere in the video does it say "do not fellowship with Arminians" or "Arminians are going to hell." Nor does it say "You must be a Calvinist to be saved." One can be an intellectual theology expert, and yet not know Jesus Christ.
Christians might not agree on the degree to which GOD is in control of an individual's salvation, but we can agree on the means by which we're saved: "faith alone in Christ alone." "Repenting and believing in the Gospel."
The scholars in the video are making the case that the initial "conservative" emphasis on the role of man's will can lead to a slippery slope effect to more liberal doctrines and philosophies.