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John Vs. Jake: An Age-old Debate (Calvinism Vs. Arminianism) - Church Then & Now E15
Show Notes
Ever wondered what a 5-point Calvin believes? How about an Arminian? Well, in this episode, Matthew Maher and Ethan Hoover break the two down side-by-side and answer the main question: What does Scripture say?
Show Notes:
- Happy New Year!
- Intro
- Brief recap
- John Calvin & Jakobus Ariminius
- “Reason can be great for theology but terrible for the Church sometimes.”
- Calvinism & Arminianism = systems of theology
- Meaning they attempt to explain the unexplainable
- They shouldn’t define our Christianity, but they can help give us a framework to think about big theological points
- Calvinisim: TULIP
- Arminianism: PCURC (not a real acronym lol)
- Total Depravity vs Partial Depravity
- Unconditional Election vs Conditional Election
- Ethan’s unique analogies:
- Snow globe
- Driving a car
- God’s sovereignty
- Preferred will
- Permissive will
- Providential will
- Ethan’s unique analogies:
- Limited Atonement vs Unlimited Atonement (the most controversial point)
- Bonus: Rabbit trail into Hinduism “holy cow”
- Irresistible Grace vs Resistible Grace
- Perseverance of the Saints vs Conditional Salvation
- Outro
Resources:
- Calvinism Vs. Amrinianism- Which View? https://www.gotquestions.org/Calvinism-vs-Arminianism.html
- What Is Calvinism And Is It Biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/calvinism.html
- What Is Arminianism And Is It Biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/arminianism.html
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