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Podcast: Restitutio
Episode: 137 Calvinism vs. Arminianism 1: Introduction
Description: This is part 1 of the Calvinism Debate
Today we begin an extended series on Calvinism and Arminianism. For those of you not familiar, Calvinism, named after John Calvin (d. 1564), holds that God sovereignly chooses and effectually saves all whom he decides to save based on his predestined will whereas Arminianism, named for Jacobus Arminius (d. 1609), asserts that people freely choose to accept or reject the gospel message that God graciously offers to all. Traditionally, Calvinism breaks into five major points, summarized by the acronym, TULIP, which stands for the following:
Total Depravity
Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement
Ir...