Leighton Flowers offers a new option, Provisionalism. I think what I like most about this is that it removes the discussion from the traditional framing of the debate, which I never really agreed with anyway. After all, Calvin water baptized infants, so he wasn't a sure theological bet, to be sure. This is probably the closest to my beliefs, but I reserve the right to say that there is still some differences, as I noticed a few, and don't yet know all the details of this theological position.
I like his statement about the many who claim that we are not born as bad as we can be. In reply, Flowers states that he believes that the Bible teaches that we are not born as hardened as we can be either, which I agree with. If you really think about it, that's it in a nut shell and a good way to frame the debate. Are we born as hardened as we can be? If not, then it's not total depravity as Calvinism teaches. Flowers has a few of these videos that get into more detail about provisionism and he does provide Scripture used to back up his claims, but those videos are a lot longer. I'm going to get into this more eventually. I picked the shortest one. You can look up "Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers" and watch the longer, more detailed ones if you like.
I like his statement about the many who claim that we are not born as bad as we can be. In reply, Flowers states that he believes that the Bible teaches that we are not born as hardened as we can be either, which I agree with. If you really think about it, that's it in a nut shell and a good way to frame the debate. Are we born as hardened as we can be? If not, then it's not total depravity as Calvinism teaches. Flowers has a few of these videos that get into more detail about provisionism and he does provide Scripture used to back up his claims, but those videos are a lot longer. I'm going to get into this more eventually. I picked the shortest one. You can look up "Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers" and watch the longer, more detailed ones if you like.
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