[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Christians should not break fellowship with one another over whether they are Arminian or Calvinist.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Romans 16:17

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. Hebrews 13:9

[xzins]

Exactly.

[the_doc]

Yes, Arminianism really is strange doctrine. It maintains that a spiritually DEAD sinner can do the WORK OF GOD.

See also 1 Corinthians 2:14.

All the Calvinist is really saying is that regeneration precedes conversion, not the other way around. This is not strange doctrine. It is obviously correct.

[rwfromkansas]

While I consider my Arminian brothers believers, that does not mean I consider them correct on this ESSENTIAL issue. This is not small peanuts. One's belief on predestination hinges on the very nature of God and whether God is God. That is serious stuff and hardly a small matter.