Calvin vs Arminius - An Unfruitful Topic of Debate
March 20th - John Calvin vs Jacob Arminius Years ago I looked into the views of John Calvin and Jacob Arminius. I came away feeling like the author of the following Scripture. “Yet furthermore, my son, beyond these, be warned; of the making of many scrolls there is no end; and much study is a weariness to the flesh.” (Ecclesiastes 12:12) I found that both John Calvin and Jacob Arminius taught that it was the GRACE of God that saves. Calvin taught that God predestines some but not all to receive grace and salvation. Arminius taught that it was up to the free will of each person to choose to be saved by the grace of God. The truth is they were both wrong. They should have brought unity to the Body of Christ by saying at a joint press conference... "God, in his GRACE, has predestined the salvation of humanity, and all will eventually choose to place their trust in Jesus by the overwhelming evidence presented to them after their resurrection." Humanity has been prede...