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To: P-Marlowe
Well, looks like it's over.

The attack of the Borg is over.....for now.
531 posted on 07/31/2002 8:37:08 PM PDT by xzins
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To: xzins; JesseShurun; Corin Stormhands; SorenK; CCWoody; fortheDeclaration
Hey xzins. Mom accused me of being an Arminian because she said that I believe in "Free Grace." Here's a little statement that pretty much sums up my position. It is by Philip Schaff:

"Calvinism emphasizes divine sovereignty and free grace; Arminianism emphasizes human responsibility. The one restricts the saving grace to the elect; the other extends it to all men on the condition of faith. Both are right in what they assert; both are wrong in what they deny. If one important truth is pressed to the exclusion of another truth of equal importance, it becomes an error, and loses its hold upon the conscience. The Bible gives us a theology which is more human than Calvinism and more divine than Arminianism, and more Christian than either of them." (New York, Charles Scribner's & Son, 1910, VIII 815 f).

Notice that "Free Grace" as defined by Schaff is a strictly Calvinistic idea. You see that is why it is important that we understand the terms before we debate them.

At any rate, I am not a Calvinist nor am I an Arminian. Both are right. Both are wrong. It is a perfectly legitimate position. It is my position. it is the position set forth in scripture.

532 posted on 07/31/2002 9:18:37 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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