"As the very first commencement of every good thing, so likewise the progress, continuance and confirmation, nay, even the perseverance in good, are not from ourselves, but from God through the Holy Spirit" — James Arminius
In other words, Arminians are just stupid Christians who refuse to mature intellectually. Here is the quote: Calvinism is the natural theology written on the heart of the new man in Christ, whereas Arminianism is an intellectual sin of infirmity, natural only in the sense in which all such sins are natural, even to the … Continue reading J.I. Packer Calls Arminianism “an intellectual sin of infirmity”
I appreciate and agree with everything Scot McKnight has written in his blog postings "Who are the NeoReformed?" (See his blog The Jesus Creed.) He was very judicious about naming names. Namely, naming names would only inflame the controversy and make things worse. "If the shoe fits [someone]...." I would like to add that many … Continue reading Roger E. Olson on Scot McKnight’s “Neo-Reformed”