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\u2190 All Books by Dave Armstrong<\/a> \u00a0\/\u00a0 Protestantism (History and Analysis)<\/span><\/div>\n
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A Biblical Critique of Calvinism<\/div>\n
Dave Armstrong \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 Oct. 2012, 178 pages<\/div>\n
ePub \u2014 $9.99<\/a><\/div>\n
print & e-book purchases support Dave\u2019s full-time apologetics work<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
At a glance:<\/b> 178 pages. Completed on 23 October 2012; published at Lulu on the same day<\/div>\n
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ABOUT THIS BOOK<\/div>\n
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A 178-page Catholic biblical critique of the Reformed system \u2014 Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, Perseverance of the Saints \u2014 with Dave Armstrong meeting each TULIP point on its strongest biblical ground and answering from the same texts Reformed apologists rely on.<\/p>\n

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Subtitle: <\/i>Replies to Exegetical Arguments in John Calvin\u2019s <\/i>Institutes, Books I-III<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n

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TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/div>\n
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Dedication
Introduction [read in its entirety<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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I. Salvation, Justification, Sanctification, and Predestination<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Is God the Author of Evil? [read lengthy excerpt<\/a> on Facebook]
2. Can Only Regenerate Men Perform Truly Good Works?
3. Total Depravity: Are the Non-Elect Continually Evil?
4. Are All Hearts \u201cDesperately Wicked\u201d?
5. Perseverance of the Saints: Biblical Disproofs [partial excerpt<\/a> on Facebook]
6. Can True Faith Ever be Lost?
7. Can the Hope that is Allied with True Faith be Lost?
8. Does God Unconditionally Predestine the Reprobate?
9. Limited Atonement and Irresistible Grace?<\/p>\n

II. Visual Images <\/b><\/p>\n

1. Non-Idolatrous Physical Images of God in Scripture
2. \u201cGraven Images\u201d: Extreme and Unbiblical Iconoclasm
3. Calvin\u2019s Denial of Images as a Teaching Aid<\/p>\n

III. Bible and Tradition: The Rule of Faith <\/b><\/p>\n

1. Scripture has Intrinsic Authority, Not from the Church
2. Church Authority and the Canon of Scripture<\/p>\n

IV. The Communion of Saints<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Antipathy to Veneration of Saints and Angels
2. Saints and Angels, Intercession and Invocation of<\/p>\n

V. Penance<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>1. Satisfaction and Penitential Mortification
2. Redemptive Suffering
3. Mortal and Venial Sins
4. Temporal Punishment After Forgiveness [read online<\/a>]
5. Indulgences and Distribution of Grace [read short excerpt <\/a>on Facebook]<\/p>\n

VI. <\/b><\/b>Purgatory <\/b><\/p>\n

1. Calvin\u2019s Derisive Rhetoric and Matthew 12:32
2. Matthew 5:25-26
3. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15
4. Prayer for the Dead<\/p>\n

Appendix of Areas of Calvinist-Catholic Agreement<\/b><\/p>\n

Antinomianism; Cheap Grace
Apostolic Succession
Church: No Salvation Outside of
Confession and Absolution (of a sort) [read excerpt on<\/a> Facebook]
Contrition
Deuterocanon
Discipleship
Faith and Works are Both Necessary in the Christian Life
Faith, The (Meaning, \u201cOrthodox Doctrinal Belief\u201d)
Fasting
Foreknowledge is Not Predestination
God: Anthropomorphism \/ Anthropopathism
God, Glory of: Displayed in, or Shared with Angels
God, Glory of: Displayed in, or Shared with Men
God: Immutability of
God: Providence of \/ Sustainer of the Universe
Grace Alone; Initial Justification
Grace: Greater Degree or Measure of
Grace: Synergy; Free Cooperation with God\u2019s Grace
Justification and Sanctification: Closely Allied
Law of Moses: not Abrogated or Abolished
Mary: \u201cBlessed Virgin\u201d
Materialism, Scientific (Falsity of)
Natural Theology \/ Teleological Argument for God
Paganism, Incorporation of Truths from
Saints (Dead), Intercession of
Sanctification [read on<\/a> Facebook]
Suffering; Taking up the Cross
Theosis; Divinization<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n

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