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Calvinism and Arminianism
Calvinism and Arminianism · Foundational

Calvinism and Arminianism: What Is the Debate?

Calvinists and Arminians both confess salvation by grace, but they differ on election, the atonement, human ability, the power of God's call, and the security of the believer, and we hold a non-Calvinistic Baptist position that is neither system.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

State the five points of Calvinism as Reformed teachers state them, and know where TULIP came from

2

State the five articles of Arminianism as Arminians state them

3

Name the five questions at the center of the debate and our answer to each

4

Explain why the non-Calvinistic Baptist position is neither Calvinism nor Arminianism

5

Disagree with Calvinists and Arminians honestly, as brethren, and keep Christ at the center

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