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Monergism has free pdf, epub etc of Berkhof's Systematic Theology. A good resource for the synergist, as well as the monergist.
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I'm all for total depravity.
One has to come to the point where we must accept the sovereignty of God in all things...that includes salvation.
We are totally depraved!!! How can we not be? We are descended from Adam.
An excellent resource!Free eBooks for your Bible Studies
Just a reminder:
Grace-eBooks.com
The ebooks available for download on this site are free. All are either in the public domain, or published with the permission of the author or publisher. Both classic and contemporary materials are available.
While most all claim to speak in the name of God, in defense of the Christian faith, no defense or justification is offered for the sites content. All books have been extensively bookmarked and are invaluable to anyone who reads the Scriptures.
The real story is that you were debating in a thread in which I asked the non-Reformed, non-Calvinists to debate in. And I asked more than once for the Calvinists/Reformed to stay out of the debate. You refused to comply. I asked publicly. You refused publicly. I called you on it publicly.
Out of respect for Ham, I will not debate Calvinism.
So please, feel free to give your insights.
How many times did I say:
?
And no where in your opening post did you say or ask Calvinists/Reformed to stay out.
You said:
How many times did I say:
And I'm the one wrong.
God Bless
Till all are one.
We seem to varying degrees of non-reformed folks on here. I was hoping to get some insight on what these different views are, and why proponents think the others are wrong. The only real commonality I see is that most non-reformed folk think that particular redemption (limited atonement) is wrong. But I also sense some differences on their views of the atonement.
So please, feel free to give your insights.
Thanks.
There's the OP. Apparently you only read the last line and ignored the rest. And ignored the title.
And then there was thus little diddy:
OP HAT ON
I know it's tempting to let this thread revert into the normal fray, but I'm asking if you all can help to keep that from happening and stay on track.
Thanks.
OP HAT OFF
And yet you kept debating with FreeGrace2.
With all due respect to Ham...in whom I respect a lot, just a cursary reading shows that this one point where Arminianism, Synergists, and Free Grace all agree agree is...
"Foreknowledge"
In other words, why were people chosen in the first place.
In Arminian, Synergist, and Free Grace, it seems to me that people are chosen because God looked forward, saw who would or would accept and believe, and based his chosing on that.
That was expressly stated by both Arminus and Wesley.
That is an arguement I've heard for some 8 years now.
Hi Deacon! Just a little correction: if God has to "look forward" to know who would accept/believe, that means He isn't omniscient.
Omniscience means that He has always known who will accept/believe. He doesn't need a crystal ball, which is what "looking forward" implies.
otoh, Calvinists claim that God knows who will believe because He determined (chose) who will. That's also not omniscience, but just a decision.
If God knows because He decides, that isn't omniscience either.
The reality is that God knows because He is omniscient; He knows intrinsically. He doesn't have to choose or look ahead in order to know. He just knows.