It's not an either/or. We can debate over our differences and still evangelize together.
Except for, e.g., the hard-core Calvinists who can't help but perceive Arminianism as a gospel of works, and therefore a false gospel.
Then there are those who are *slightly* less hard-core:
"Arminians are Christians, Barely, says R.C. Sproul and J.I. Packer
In the introduction to his book, Willing to Believe: The Controversy over Free Will, R.C. Sproul, Sr., when asked if he thinks Arminians are Christians, answers, "'Yes, barely.' They are Christians by what we call a felicitous inconsistency."1 He agrees with J.I. Packer and O.R. Johnston, who insist that Arminians, because they reject the (as yet unproven and eminently philosophical) theory that regeneration must precede faith, they "thereby deny man's utter helplessness in sin, and affirm that a form of semi-Pelagianism is true after all."2
From here.
NorrinRadd. Sproul is only a mere man. I have read his books so I know where you are coming from.
Start a new thread and I will contribute. But this thread is about what we have in common.
Peace to you.
What's the difference between Classical Arminianism and Wesleyan Arminianism?
What's the difference between Classical Arminianism and Wesleyan Arminianism?
Except for, e.g., the hard-core Calvinists who can't help but perceive Arminianism as a gospel of works, and therefore a false gospel.
Then there are those who are *slightly* less hard-core:
"Arminians are Christians, Barely, says R.C. Sproul and J.I. Packer
In the introduction to his book, Willing to Believe: The Controversy over Free Will, R.C. Sproul, Sr., when asked if he thinks Arminians are Christians, answers, "'Yes, barely.' They are Christians by what we call a felicitous inconsistency."1 He agrees with J.I. Packer and O.R. Johnston, who insist that Arminians, because they reject the (as yet unproven and eminently philosophical) theory that regeneration must precede faith, they "thereby deny man's utter helplessness in sin, and affirm that a form of semi-Pelagianism is true after all."2
From here.
I wonder how Lutherans will fit into all this...