I was recently talking to a friend of mine. He had recently encountered a Calvinist and was confronted with the old canard the Arminians believe that faith is a work. It is a tired argument, but remains common, and we have dealt with it often. Below are some examples of resources addressing this issue:
- Robert Hamilton, “Can You Do Anything to Gain God’s Acceptance?”
- Anonymous, “Faith Is Not a Work”
- JC_Thibodaux, “Where Calvinism Gets Romans 9 Wrong: “Not of Works” Means ‘No Conditions’”
- Roy Ingle, “Did Arminius Affirm Salvation by Grace or Works?”
- Steve Sewell, “A Case for Conditional Security, and Why It’s Not a Works-Salvation”
- Anonymous, “Faith, Works, and Obedience”
- Roy Ingle, “Justification By Faith”
- jeremyo1610, “Are We Justified By Faith Alone?”
- Joshua Thibodaux, “The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #10: Wait, Now Faith is a ‘Work?'”
- Vincentian, “Wayne Grudem’s Flawed View of Faith (and what prevents us from boasting)”
