Arminianism

Martin Luther was an influential leader during the Protestant Reformation. He confronted the Roman Catholic Church on their system of indulgences while everyone turned a blind eye. Constantly, Luther was called a liar, heretic, and an outlaw by the Catholic Church for his teachings that conflicted with the Roman Catholics’ religious orders and beliefs. However, he never stood down regardless of if he was to face death or excommunication. His theology would be the sole foundation of his teachings…

State Election refers to God’s pre-creation decision in which he chose, or “elected,” individuals to receive every spiritual blessing including salvation. The basis of this election roots in both (1) his foreknowledge (e.g. knowledge of what will take place in the future) of those that will respond positively in faith to his calling, as well as (2) his divine selection of specific individuals in accordance with his gracious, redemptive plan for the whole world. Support The Holy Scripture,…

the early church has shaped and molded our views on salvation and helps Christians discover what they believe to be the true role that man plays in salvation. Calvinism, and Arminianism, will all be looked at in more detail to gain an understanding of different theological viewpoints. Author Alan Sell explains an Arminianism view on man’s role in salvation as being, “Half the work is God, and the other half is man.” This model puts a great deal of pressure on man, causing his works to be…

On some regards, salvation is still a mystery. Though some people accept the Gospel, many reject it. Why? After all, everyone has the same heart. “The heart is deceitful, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9, NKJV) Why is it that two cities, Athens and Corinth, responded so differently to Paul’s message? On the surface, personal corruption seems to be the answer, yet the difference may be from God Himself. Athens was a city of intellectual galore. Their livelihood was…

As the 1600s had begun, the English colonies were being influenced by many factors, resulting in changes in the democratic society. Many of those factors took place during 1607 to 1745. Bacons Rebellion and the Great Awakening greatly influenced the democratic society of the English colonies by asserting the need for new forms of labor and the revitalization of religion in America. The need for new forms of labor was caused by Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676. This armed rebellion began when the…

The American Enlightenment was a period of change involving the way of thinking in the thirteen colonies during the eighteenth century. The main reason for this change was to make individuals use reason and logic in order to make decisions, rather than rely on blind faith. The major values were liberty, democracy, republicanism, and religious tolerance. A major figure during the American Enlightenment was Benjamin Franklin. He believed in the movement and decided to help in any way he could. In…

movement transformed the American religion and society in a number of ways. The best way to show that is by highlighting the change in the Protestantism in 1850 and compare it to 1700s. By 1850, most of the Protestant groups had accepted form of Arminianism, the impression that God presents an opportunity of salvation to anyone…

The nineteenth is the century of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, in a long series of bloody and demoralizing European wars ; the dismemberment of the Turkish Empire by the Greek Revolution, and of the Spanish Empire by that of Mexico and South America; the repeated revolutions in France; the War of 1813 between England and the United States; the War between the United States and Mexico; the War between the Northern and Southern States of the American Union; the unification of Germany,…

Chapter six of Practicing Christian Doctrine, by Beth Felker Jones, chiefly discusses Christology and the various heresies that have surrounded it over the years. Christology, which is the study of Christ, helps one to learn more about Jesus and his identity and how to live a good Christian life by forming a relationship with the Lord. In order for Christology to work, the person of Jesus must be known and a major idea discussed in this novel is homoousios, Jesus is full and truly God. Two other…

This essay is primarily concerned with investigating the causes of the Scottish revolution. In order to examine this, one must consider the different factors that contributed to the cause of it. That being: religion, Charles and the instability of the three kingdoms. Though all of the factors above contributed to the revolution, there are strong evidence that religion played the biggest role in causing the revolution. The final section then explores some of its consequences, such as it…