Ephesians 2:8-9 - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Mon, 29 Jul 2024 03:45:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Ephesians 2:8-9 - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Does the Gift of God in Ephesians 2:8-9 Refer to Salvation or Faith? https://evangelicalarminians.org/does-the-gift-of-god-in-ephesians-28-9-refer-to-salvation-or-faith/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:00:06 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27025 On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a revision…

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]]> 27025 Joshua Thibodaux, The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #9: Faith is Some Reason to Boast? https://evangelicalarminians.org/joshua-thibodaux-the-fallacies-of-calvinist-apologetics-fallacy-9-faith-is-some-reason-to-boast/ Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:00:54 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=13459 Related fallacies: Pettifoggery Category Mistake A charge typically leveled by Calvinists is that Christians who don’t believe in irresistible grace would have some reason to boast in their faith. John Hendryx concisely expresses this fallacious…

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]]> 13459 Why I Am An ArminianPart V: Unconvinced by Prooftexts https://evangelicalarminians.org/why-i-am-an-arminianpart-v-unconvinced-by-prooftexts/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:35:43 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=8827 Here I intend to go through certain Scriptural arguments that I have heard from Calvinists, as well as providing links to more extensive examination of them. In the post after this, I’ll look at the…

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]]> 8827 Boasting https://evangelicalarminians.org/boasting/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/boasting/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:57:09 +0000 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)Many…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/boasting/feed/ 0 1206 Ephesians 2:8-9; A Devotion https://evangelicalarminians.org/ephesians-28-9-a-devotion/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/ephesians-28-9-a-devotion/#respond Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:13:34 +0000 For you see it is from grace that you have been saved through faith; not from yourself. This is a gift of God, not from works so that none may boast. Ah yes, we are…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/ephesians-28-9-a-devotion/feed/ 0 835 What is “the Gift of God?” A Study of Ephesians 2:8-9 https://evangelicalarminians.org/what-is-the-gift-of-god-a-study-of-ephesians-28-9/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/what-is-the-gift-of-god-a-study-of-ephesians-28-9/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:16:49 +0000 Please click on the link below to view the article. http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/reformed/godgift.htm

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/what-is-the-gift-of-god-a-study-of-ephesians-28-9/feed/ 0 471 Saved By Grace To Faith? https://evangelicalarminians.org/saved-by-grace-to-faith/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/saved-by-grace-to-faith/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:34:21 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/saved-by-grace-to-faith/ Is the grace of God which leads a sinner to salvation by faith or to faith? In Scripture it is by faith, in Calvinism it is to faith. The Calvinist incorrectly assumes that God's grace is directly related to regeneration in order for the sinner to then have faith in Christ (which is also a gift, in the absolute sense).

He is left to conclude that grace for salvation is not by faith but to faith, since salvation and election is by the unconditional choice of God. This "faith" seems to be one of proxy, for it is not the sinner's faith, but a faith given to him by God. This is an alien faith. It did not derive from the sinner but was (somehow) "planted within" him. The Scripture behind this idea (so admits the Calvinist) is Philippians 1:29, which reads, "For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake" (NASB).

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