Reformed versus Arminian missions (1): Different objects
Kleyn analyzes how Reformed and Arminian theologies produce fundamentally different approaches to missionary work, arguing that the Reformed covenantal framework contrasts sharply with Arminianism's individualistic focus on personal conversion decisions. The article examines the objects of mission work as the first of three areas where these doctrinal differences manifest, grounding the discussion in the theological distinctions established at the Synod of Dort.
There is much that separates the Reformed faith from Arminianism doctrinally. Those doctrinal differences are expressed in the Canons of Dordt, which set forth the Reformed truths of unconditional election, limited atonement, total depravity, irresistible grace, and preservation of the saints, and that over against the Arminian denial of these biblical truths. Arminianism rejects the doctrines of sovereign grace and instead defends conditional election, universal atonement, the free will of...
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