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Prevenient Grace
This time of year the OCIA meetings are well into the Sacraments of the Catholic Church. There are a lot of discussions and questions about grace and the terms the Church uses to describe grace: sanctifying, actual, sacramental, charismatic and prevenient. It is the last one that people are least likely to be familiar with. Prevenient (from the Latin: comes before) grace is a concept that refers…
We continue working through an article written by Christopher Bounds entitled "How Are People Saved? The Major Views Of Salvation With a Focus On Wesleyan Perspectives And Their Implications" . In this episode we finish up our discussion of Semi-Pelagianism and read some quotes from a Semi-Pelagian leaning (according to Bounds) writer in the Wesleyan tradition. Then we start to cover Semi-Augustinianism, and take a deep dive into the concept of "prevenient grace", which is, according to Bounds, the key distinctive of this view. We then read from Roger Olson's book "Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities", and see what he has to say about prevenient grace. Enjoy! Link to Article here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/42909800
Prevenient Grace
In today’s first reading, we hear: “Beloved, we love God because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19). In reading the Scripture, I was reminded of a recent discussion about prevenient grace. It was a short conversation. My friend, a life-long Catholic, was unfamiliar with the expression. Not the “grace” part, but “prevenient.” (more…)
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Imagine for Emma(:
“Hi…” you cannot believe he is talking to you. You wonder why he is looking at you funny, and then you realize that you never answered him
“Oh, I’m sorry, Emma… my name is Emma” you say blushing furiously.
“That is a beautiful name… well I could not help but see you looking at me so I thought I would come over and ask you if you would like to go on a date with me”
Overjoyed, ecstatic… these are some of the things you feel at this moment. You have dreamed of this for forever, and of course you answer with.
“Yes! Of course I would love to!” you say enthusiastically
Niall smiles at you “Great! I cannot wait… I will pick you up tomorrow then. Can I have your number?” You two exchange numbers.
Niall then asks “ Do you want to hang out now as well?”
“I would love to” you exclaim
Niall then smiles and takes your hand as the two of you walk out of Nandos.
I would like a wedding ship.. when it stops being a pain for you to upload :D My name is Emma. :)
Emma Styles!
Wedding Dress:
And your ring:
~Megan <3
