Grace Alone

In the medieval church, sin was viewed as a kind of sickness that could be remedied if we reached out to take the medicine. But the Protestant Reformers sought to recover the clear teaching of Scripture that salvation “depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy” (Rom. 9:16). So what do contemporary Protestants think about the extent of man’s fall, and the role of God’s grace in salvation? The hosts also discuss the biblical word “predestination” as it relates to this issue and contrast it with the idea of “foreknowledge.”