Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Volume 10
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“Arminians believe that man cannot naturally come to God in saving faith apart from prevenient grace. Arminius did believe that depravity affects every area of man’s being, and, as a result, man is devoid of all positive good. However, the Arminian doctrine of original sin differs from classical Calvinism in that Arminius did not believe that the race suffers any penal consequences of Adam’s sin.” (Volume 10, Page 5)
“Rather, it indicates Solomon’s desire to grant her a position of honor or respect.21 To sit at the king’s right hand was an uncommon privilege. Outside of Psalm 110, no one in the OT is ever said to (or commanded to) sit at the right hand of Yahweh.22 Even the kings of Israel are never described as sitting at God’s right hand. This is a unique command. David’s Lord is instructed to take a position of unusual honor alongside the deity.” (Volume 10, Pages 106–107)
“Arminius is willing to speak of Adamic sin in the sense that it produces sinful acts in Adam’s posterity because of the corrupt nature they receive from him, but it cannot be called the ‘actual’ sin of his posterity in the sense that they are in anyway culpable for Adamic sin.” (Volume 10, Page 6)
“The combination of v. 37a and v. 44 prove that this ‘drawing’ activity of the Father cannot be reduced to what theologians sometimes call ‘prevenient grace’ dispensed to every individual, for this ‘drawing’ is selective, or else the negative note in v. 44 is meaningless.” (Volume 10, Page 12)
“Augustine argued that because man is a totally depraved sinner (including total inability), God must initiate the process of salvation.” (Volume 10, Page 3)
- Title: Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Volume 10
- Author: William W. Combs
- Series: Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
- Publisher: Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_dbsj_10
- Resource Type: Journal
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