tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23442592.post115819331845804195..comments2023-05-29T07:56:11.318-05:00Comments on Truth or Consequences: Am I PredestinedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23442592.post-1158407852551317822006-09-16T06:57:00.000-05:002006-09-16T06:57:00.000-05:00So ED in your personal opinion how is a person sav...So ED in your personal opinion how is a person saved from sin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23442592.post-1158379718898127202006-09-15T23:08:00.000-05:002006-09-15T23:08:00.000-05:00Let me add one more point: the author begins by sa...Let me add one more point: the author begins by saying that Erasmus was "critical" of Luther's "grace-oriented" approach, giving the distince impression that Erasmus' argument is devoid of this same orientation. This, however, is patently false. Erasmus--just as strenuously as Luther (although without the superfluous polemics)--asserts that human salvation begins and ends with divine grace. He is merely, in his argument, calling for reasonableness in the way in which this is spoken about, trying to get away from Luther's incessant and unnecessary polarizing of all possible issues.Exist-Dissolvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197236965102469206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23442592.post-1158379533595460632006-09-15T23:05:00.000-05:002006-09-15T23:05:00.000-05:00I wouldn't say that Luther actually "responded" to...I wouldn't say that Luther actually "responded" to Erasmus' [quite brief] essay. Rather, if one reads the two together, one gets the distinct impression that Luther is talking completely past Erasmus, for Luther makes Erasmus' argument into something upon which he can establish his polemics, rather than actually dealing with the logic of Erasmus' thesis. <BR/><BR/>If we are speaking of BOW as a "response" to Erasmus, it is really nothing more than bluff and bluster, for rarely does he actually engage Erasmus on the basis of Erasmus' argument.Exist-Dissolvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197236965102469206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23442592.post-1158201245701010862006-09-13T21:34:00.000-05:002006-09-13T21:34:00.000-05:00Very educational article! It is to bad to me that...Very educational article! <BR/><BR/>It is to bad to me that people wrestle over this doctrine when it is so clear in Scripture. I agree with John MacArthur when he says it is human pride that stands in the way when one does not believe in this doctrine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com