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Yes to Depravity, No to Total Inability | Michael Cariño
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Yes to Depravity, No to Total Inability | Michael Cariño
The body of Christ is composed of genuine followers of Jesus Christ who are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. While all born again Christians belong to the family of God, we have diverse views on certain theological matters.
There are at least two overall streams of thought within Protestant Evangelical Christianity that tend to debate about matters of soteriology or the theology of salvation: (1) Calvinism (Reformed theology) and (2) Non-Calvinism (Arminian theology, Provisionist theology, Free Grace theology, Molinist theology, Wesleyan theology, Freewill Baptist theology, Pentecostal theology, Anabaptist theology, etc.)
While all Evangelical Christians embrace the Five Solas of the Protestant Reformation ― Faith Alone, Grace Alone, Scriptures Alone, Christ Alone, God's Glory Alone ― however, not all Evangelical Christians are Calvinistic in their soteriology.
In this series, we will explore what Calvinism is and why many Evangelical believers disagree with most of its teachings.
While we disagree with many of the finer points of their theology, we still consider many in the Reformed-Calvinist camp as brothers and sisters in Christ. Hence, we seek to become bearers of grace towards fellow believers who differ from our theological persuasions.
Is the Gospel good news for all people, or is it good news only for a preselected few? Is the saving grace of God offered to all people, or only a preselected few?
When the term "GOSPEL" is hijacked by some Calvinists to impose their own theological spin and when the term "GRACE" is monopolized to force their own theological system, something tragic happens within the wide Evangelical Family.
Some Calvinists think and insist that they have the monopoly of Christian orthodoxy. They think the only legitimate Christians are those that are Reformed in their theology. Instead of winning non-believers, they make it their mission to convert fellow believers to their brand of Calvinistic soteriology.
They claim that God does not really love every person in the world and does not want to save every person in the world. For them, God loves and desires to save only a chosen few, and that Christ did not die for the world but only provided salvation for some preselected individuals before the world began.
They teach that these special chosen ones will be compelled to believe because humans do not have the free will to choose at all.
They say that the saving grace of God is not for everyone but only for the chosen few; and that God's loving invitation to come to Him is actually not true for all people because only those who are chosen will be granted the ability to actually come.
They argue that their version of divine sovereignty requires that God has tight meticulous control over every event in the world so that God Himself is the One who ultimately authored, decreed, orchestrated, and planned all things including human sin, horrible evil, heinous crimes, and demonic activities in the world.
We desire to be a theological voice against teachings that limit the saving grace of God only to a chosen few, against theologies that teach that Christ did not die for all of humanity, and against doctrines that say that the Gospel is actually good news only to preselected individuals, not for every person.
Many Non-Calvinist Evangelical Christians are doing intellectual pushback against those (loud few) who try to impose that Calvinism is the only orthodox Christian view, against those who equate the Gospel to Calvinism, and against those who declare that your Christianity is false or distorted if you are not Calvinist.
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Michael R. Cariño is a teacher, philosopher, theologian, and pastor, based in Manila, Philippines. He finished Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Far Eastern University, Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies at International Graduate School of Leadership, and Master of Arts in Philosophy at the University of the Philippines. Mike is a pastor at the Christian Bible Church of the Philippines, and an adjunct instructor at the International Graduate School of Leadership. He is author of the book "Reasonable Faith: The Role of Intellectual Virtues in the Justification of Religious Belief".
The body of Christ is composed of genuine followers of Jesus Christ who are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. While all born again Christians belong to the family of God, we have diverse views on certain theological matters.
There are at least two overall streams of thought within Protestant Evangelical Christianity that tend to debate about matters of soteriology or the theology of salvation: (1) Calvinism (Reformed theology) and (2) Non-Calvinism (Arminian theology, Provisionist theology, Free Grace theology, Molinist theology, Wesleyan theology, Freewill Baptist theology, Pentecostal theology, Anabaptist theology, etc.)
While all Evangelical Christians embrace the Five Solas of the Protestant Reformation ― Faith Alone, Grace Alone, Scriptures Alone, Christ Alone, God's Glory Alone ― however, not all Evangelical Christians are Calvinistic in their soteriology.
In this series, we will explore what Calvinism is and why many Evangelical believers disagree with most of its teachings.
While we disagree with many of the finer points of their theology, we still consider many in the Reformed-Calvinist camp as brothers and sisters in Christ. Hence, we seek to become bearers of grace towards fellow believers who differ from our theological persuasions.
Is the Gospel good news for all people, or is it good news only for a preselected few? Is the saving grace of God offered to all people, or only a preselected few?
When the term "GOSPEL" is hijacked by some Calvinists to impose their own theological spin and when the term "GRACE" is monopolized to force their own theological system, something tragic happens within the wide Evangelical Family.
Some Calvinists think and insist that they have the monopoly of Christian orthodoxy. They think the only legitimate Christians are those that are Reformed in their theology. Instead of winning non-believers, they make it their mission to convert fellow believers to their brand of Calvinistic soteriology.
They claim that God does not really love every person in the world and does not want to save every person in the world. For them, God loves and desires to save only a chosen few, and that Christ did not die for the world but only provided salvation for some preselected individuals before the world began.
They teach that these special chosen ones will be compelled to believe because humans do not have the free will to choose at all.
They say that the saving grace of God is not for everyone but only for the chosen few; and that God's loving invitation to come to Him is actually not true for all people because only those who are chosen will be granted the ability to actually come.
They argue that their version of divine sovereignty requires that God has tight meticulous control over every event in the world so that God Himself is the One who ultimately authored, decreed, orchestrated, and planned all things including human sin, horrible evil, heinous crimes, and demonic activities in the world.
We desire to be a theological voice against teachings that limit the saving grace of God only to a chosen few, against theologies that teach that Christ did not die for all of humanity, and against doctrines that say that the Gospel is actually good news only to preselected individuals, not for every person.
Many Non-Calvinist Evangelical Christians are doing intellectual pushback against those (loud few) who try to impose that Calvinism is the only orthodox Christian view, against those who equate the Gospel to Calvinism, and against those who declare that your Christianity is false or distorted if you are not Calvinist.
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Michael R. Cariño is a teacher, philosopher, theologian, and pastor, based in Manila, Philippines. He finished Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Far Eastern University, Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies at International Graduate School of Leadership, and Master of Arts in Philosophy at the University of the Philippines. Mike is a pastor at the Christian Bible Church of the Philippines, and an adjunct instructor at the International Graduate School of Leadership. He is author of the book "Reasonable Faith: The Role of Intellectual Virtues in the Justification of Religious Belief".
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