Freewill vs. Prevenient Grace
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:07 am
Leighton Flowers of Soteriology 101 posted the following response to Roger Olson, criticizing his (and other Arminian’s) views of man’s natural inability and need for prevenient grace. The emerging so-called Traditional View distinguishes itself from other non-Calvinists and is largely a Baptist movement. It has some differences on other issues like eternal security as well.
I’m curious what others believe here. I tend to think of the gospel as a form of prevenient grace and don’t see the big distinction. It seems a bit unnecessary to decide whether someone in their “natural state” could thing well of God since without some aspect of prevenient grace, they wouldn’t think anything about something they hadn’t thought of. To my mind, anything that brings the knowledge of the Holy to someone is a form of prevenient grace, including the gospel. It seems like an unnecessary distinction. Maybe I’m missing something.
https://soteriology101.com/2018/12/12/p ... td3repQ4C1
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I’m curious what others believe here. I tend to think of the gospel as a form of prevenient grace and don’t see the big distinction. It seems a bit unnecessary to decide whether someone in their “natural state” could thing well of God since without some aspect of prevenient grace, they wouldn’t think anything about something they hadn’t thought of. To my mind, anything that brings the knowledge of the Holy to someone is a form of prevenient grace, including the gospel. It seems like an unnecessary distinction. Maybe I’m missing something.
https://soteriology101.com/2018/12/12/p ... td3repQ4C1
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