How does one accept the Offer?
I don't have much time for FR, but I thought I would raise a question which you don't seem to have thought a whole lot about, Ace. I'll let you fellows think about it.
What constitutes "acceptance of the offer"?
An offer, by definition, has terms. Acceptance of an offer entails compliance with the terms. And what are the terms in the offer?
Most evangelicals say "faith." But what constitutes faith? Is it mental assent to a set of doctrinal propositions? And how is repentance involved in true faith?
And is repentance something which follows faith, as in the resolution to turn over a new leaf? Or is the repentance which characterizes saving faith more profound than that?
We Calvinists say it is more profound than the Arminians realize.