tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post3974195759317221745..comments2023-05-12T10:37:20.308-05:00Comments on Examining Calvinism: Arminius & the Doctrines of GraceRichard Coordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05600859155973820653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post-24532785616798188962011-02-17T11:04:23.743-05:002011-02-17T11:04:23.743-05:00This has really got me to thinking not only in reg...This has really got me to thinking not only in regards to Cal/Arm debates and especially the influence of Augustine, but my own "holdover" from where I've been. I'm thinking that we are the sum total of all that we've met, in whatever form or fashion that might would be. But it is helpful to be reminded that from whence we've come we are still impacted.<br /><br />In a positive light, this leads me all the more to seek to know Christ and Him crucified and resurrected and not the teachings of men.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to address this subject.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14616108342223765777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post-54841267471397482912011-02-17T09:34:42.949-05:002011-02-17T09:34:42.949-05:00Hey Pastor Luke,
That was the issue with Raymond ...Hey Pastor Luke,<br /><br />That was the issue with Raymond Franz, formerly of the Watchtower Society's 12 member, elite inner circle. Upon defection, due to WTS moral abuses and his crisis of conscience, he still retained core WTS teachings on the deity of Christ and other matters. He acknowledged that some might accuse him of "holdover theology," but he felt that the WTS teaching was still correct, and tried citing other non-WTS Christians in support. So that's really what my concern over Arminius was, regarding his own defection.<br /><br />Here is a sample quote:<br /><br />"But, because 'known unto our God are all his works from the beginning of the world' (Acts 15:18), and as God does nothing in time which He has not decreed from all eternity to do, this vocation is likewise instituted and administered according to <b>God's eternal decree</b>. So that what man soever is called in time, was from all eternity predestinated to be called, and to be called in that state, time, place, mode, and with ath efficacy, in and with which he was predestinated. Otherwise, the execution will vary from <b>the decree</b>; which charge of <b>mutability</b> and change cannot be preferred against God without producing mischievous effects (Eph 3:5, 6, 9-11; Jas 1:17, 18; 2 Tim 1:9)." (<i>Arminius</i> Speaks, p.27)Richard Coordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600859155973820653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221499500051138256.post-26662290224193764662011-02-14T14:04:54.530-05:002011-02-14T14:04:54.530-05:00"but what is the one major concern whenever s..."but what is the one major concern whenever someone leaves one particular theology? Holdover Theology."<br /><br />Nicely stated!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14616108342223765777noreply@blogger.com