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Arminianism is a deceptive and misleading heresy. For it, too, wears a reformed dress; though a wolf, it, too, looks somewhat like a lamb. This is owing to the fact that often its thought processes are along lines that have a thoroughly Scriptural and Reformed sound. Allow me to quote a little from
Finally, it is our intention to show how Arminianism is alive and well today, the various ways it creeps into the church, and how it is combated. With this in mind, we begin with a look at the life of Jacob Arminius. Jacobus Arminius was born in 1559 or 1560 in Oudewater, Holland, a town on the rive
Arminius, throughout his life, held to the view that the civil government had the power to both rule and carry out discipline in church affairs. Whether Arminius believed this as a matter of conviction, or whether he had reason to believe that those in power were sympathetic to his views, is hard to
Arminianism is the contrary of Calvin's Calvinism. The tenants of Arminianism are these: a) All is of divine grace. b) The truly regenerate can fall from grace. c) Grace is resistible. d) God's foreknowledge is just that -- foreknowledge; it is not sovereignly determinative. e) Christ died
Arminius’ character and personality, as described by his friends, was very flattering. Evidently, he was a pleasant person to be around. All the evidence points to the fact that he was a faithful husband and father. He appeared to cultivate a life of humility and his friends said that he desired the
The Arminian then, has a very superficial view of the severity of sin and the corruption of man. After putting all of the various elements of the Arminian heresy concerning total depravity together, we can see what kind of man they are left with. We find a man capable not only of repentance, but a m
Arminians teach that man of himself has the ability to believe in God and convert himself. The Reformed teach that God produces the will to believe and the act of believing. The Arminian doctrines do not produce a spirit of humility before God and fellow man, rather, they produce a spirit of self-ri
After Arminius’ death, with no synod in sight, the ministers siding with Arminius militated against the doctrines of election, perseverance, the certainty of salvation, and others. They secretly formed a confederation, apart from “the existing body of their Fellow Ministers” (The Voice of Our Father
Arminianism is popular because it is man-centered, flattering to human nature, concerns itself as little as possible with doctrine, avoids controversy, shies debate, sounds pious and so very philanthropical and presents a popular, geared-to-the-times delivery which furnishes men in sensational langu
ARMINIANISM is that rejected error which has become the most insidiously devised heresy ever to lay claim to Biblical support. Its allure and popular appeal arise from its subtle flattery of depraved human nature, and in its apparent Scripture basis. In loud tones it pretends to the sovereignty of G