Yesterday, I heard of yet another major Christian intellectual claiming to be a Calvinist yet who rejected limited atonement.
If you reject limited atonement, then there is a good chance you are 95% Arminian and are either afraid to admit it (due to the calumny imposed by Calvinists) or don't know enough about Arminianism to do so.
If you reject limited atonement, then what quarrel do you have with Arminianism? As one of my previous post indicates (Are You an Arminian?), you can be an Arminian and still believe in Total Depravity and even eternal security.
John MacArthur recently made the comment that Wesley was a messed up Calvinist (http://arminians.org/node/365). By this, MacArthur admits that Wesley was not semi-Pelagian, and that he is far more Reformed than not. Actually, this is why I call myself a Reformation Arminian. I accept penal satisfaction, total depravity, and that a person cannot come to Christ apart from the special work of the drawing of the Holy Spirit.
If you reject limited atonement, why not compare your beliefs to that of Reformation Arminians? Chances are, you are one of us.
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I have learned a lot in this in house debate. I have oddly found myself in the middle actually.
To bad it's either or, I have to admit I grew up with the Arminian perspective and candidly it's easier to teach.
I also took the survey test and agreed to the majority of the answers.
Amen brother!
That's true. Embrace the truth! Preach it sir!
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