The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Hank Hanegraff on calvinism

Howard,

This will be my last post to you on this issue. Why? Because you have failed or rejected some fundamental truths concerning the discontinuity that may exist between what a man may profess, teach, preach and that which he firmly believes in his heart. The issue is NOT whether Arminianism is heresy! That has been clearly established historically by Church councils, Synods and in various Confessions. And, it has been openly said by myself, that I wholly concur that Arminianism is damnable heresy..... as a theological system. However, one may hold intellectually to Arminianism yet NOT truly embrace it in the heart. The point is that INDIVIDUALS must be judged as such. Blanket condemnations upon PERSONS is not warranted and woefully lacking in verity. In essence, you are advocating a "faith+Calvinism=salvation", which is no less fallacious than the Arminianism you reject. If one were to apply your view to those professing Christians in Galatia, whom Paul wrote, we would be forced to conclude that none of them were saved and would not be saved until they embraced Calvinism.

In His Grace,