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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Costen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, I find that there is quite a bit in Calvinism to agree with, particularly their take on free will. There are a couple points where we disagree though, what with me being a Christian Universalist and all, so I thought I&#8217;d give my Universalist take on TULIP: 1. Total Depravity/Total Grace:...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Believe it or not, I find that there is quite a bit in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism" target="_blank">Calvinism</a> to agree with, particularly their take on free will.  There are a couple points where we disagree though, what with me being a Christian Universalist and all, so I thought I&#8217;d give my Universalist take on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_points_of_Calvinism#Five_points_of_Calvinism" target="_blank">TULIP</a>:</p>
<p>1. Total Depravity/Total Grace: Every part of our lives is affected by sin, but where sin abounds grace super-abounds so every sin has already been forgiven and all of humanity has already been <b>ontologically</b> saved in Christ.<br />2. Unconditional Election: God elects to <b>noologically</b> save some people based upon no merit of their own.<br />3. Limited (noological) Salvation in this Age: Only those to whom God has revealed the truth of their ontological salvation will be noologically saved during their lifetime.<br />4. Irresistible Grace: Those whom God elects cannot resist (noological) salvation.<br />5. Perseverance of God: God will <b>sacramentally</b> save everyone in the end.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christianheretic.com/2007/05/salvations.html" target="_blank">This post</a> explains the references to the three different stages of salvation (ontological, noological and sacramental), just in case you&#8217;re not familiar with them.</p>
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