| Issue |
Calvinist
Position |
Arminian
Position |
| Original Sin |
Total depravity and guilt
inherited from Adam |
Weakness inherited from
Adam |
| Human Will |
In bondage to sin |
Free to do spiritual good |
Grace of God
|
Common grace given to
all; saving grace given
to elect |
Enabling grace given to
all; saving grace given
to those who believe;
persevering grace given
to those who obey |
| Predestination |
Rooted in God’s decrees |
Rooted in God’s foreknowledge |
| Regeneration |
Monergistic |
Synergistic |
| Atonement |
Christ’s death a
substitutionary penal sacrifice |
Christ’s death a sacrifice
that God benevolently
accepted in place of a
penalty |
| Extent of Atonement |
Intended only for the
elect |
Intended for all |
| Application of Atonemanet |
By power of the Holy
Spirit according to the
will of God |
By power of the Holy
Spirit in response to
the will of the sinner |
| Ordo Salutis |
Election, predestination,
union with Christ, calling, regeneration, faith, repentance, justification,
sanctification, glorification |
Calling, faith, repentance,
regeneration, justification, perseverance, glorification |
| Perseverance |
Perseverance of all the
elect by the grace of
God |
Perseverance dependent
on obedience |