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		<title>The Universal Call of the Gospel Requires Universal Provision/Unlimited Atonement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an excellent article from the Society of Evangelical Arminians on the extent of the Atonement: How can we preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15) if Christ did not die for every creature?  If the good news of the cross is only for some, then how can we preach it with sincerity to all? &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/the-universal-call-of-the-gospel-requires-universal-provisionunlimited-atonement/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Heresy of Augustine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Augustine is often praised as being one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all time.  This, however, ignores the fact that he was, first and foremost, a Catholic. It is said of Augustine: “It will not be denied by anyone acquainted with Church History that Augustine was an eminently great and good man, and that &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/on-the-heresy-of-augustine/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=1020&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arminian Scholarship</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New from Billy Birch: Arminian Scholarship Note: This has also been added to the Resources page (under the heading, &#8216;Calvinism/Arminianism&#8217;)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=1011&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Human Decision to Accept God&#8217;s Grace a Meritorious Work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the human decision to accept God’s grace a ‘work’ that we contribute towards our salvation?  Roger Olson writes, “Isn’t the bare human decision to accept and not resist God’s grace and mercy unto salvation a meritorious work?  Arminians respond with a resounding no.  In sum, and by way of preview, classical Arminianism argues that &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/is-the-human-decision-to-accept-gods-grace-a-meritorious-work/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=977&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable Quotes &#8211; Steve Lemke, Does Human Choice Contribute Anything to Salvation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“[I]n and of themselves, people’s choices accomplish nothing. Perhaps the best model is the story of Naaman in 2 Kings 5. Naaman, the commander of the Aramite army, had leprosy. He asked for help. The prophet Elisha told him to go wash in the Jordan River seven times. Naaman initially rejected that notion, complaining about &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/quotable-quotes-steve-lemke-does-human-choice-contribute-anything-to-salvation/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=972&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable Quotes &#8211; Ben Henshaw on Spiritual Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;[T]he very passages that speak of being “dead in sin” make it clear that the solution is to be joined to Christ, the source of spiritual life (John 5:26, Cf., Col. 2:11-13; Eph. 2:4-9).  This confirms that the phrase makes reference not to the inability of a physical corpse (to see, hear, believe, etc.), but to the absence &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/quotable-quotes-ben-henshaw-on-spiritual-death/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=873&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calvinist Santa (Satire)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New from the SEA: Calvinist Santa<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=869&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable Quotes &#8211; Tozer on the Vicarious Atonement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The critics of vicarious atonement have a lot in their favor.  When they argue, &#8220;I can&#8217;t see this Jesus dying for you. I can&#8217;t see this transfer of responsibility from one personality to another.&#8221;  And by illustration they say, &#8220;How would it be if a man were brought up before a court of law and &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/quotable-quotes-tozer-on-the-vicarious-atonement/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=865&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Arminians Believe in the Sovereignty of God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do Arminians believe in the sovereignty of God?  If one has only ever read Calvinistic books, the answer would seem to be a no-brainer, for according to most Calvinists, an Arminian is by definition someone who denies God&#8217;s sovereignty.  For example, notable Calvinist exponent Edwin H. Palmer (1922 &#8211; 1980) explicitly declared that &#8220;the Arminian denies the sovereignty &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/do-arminians-believe-in-the-sovereignty-of-god/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=836&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If Apostasy is Possible&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is it unreasonable to assume that God would regenerate people who He knows will later apostatize? Norman Geisler seems to think so.  In the third volume of his Systematic Theology, under the section, &#8216;The Theological Basis for Eternal Security&#8217;, and under the heading &#8216;God Has Infallible Foreknowledge,&#8217; Geisler writes: &#8220;Both Calvinists and traditional (classical) Arminians &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://basictheology.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/if-apostasy-is-possible/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=basictheology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27007342&amp;post=823&amp;subd=basictheology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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