the free will of God, and since God is omnipotent, His grace cannot be resisted. The Arminian replies that salvation is based upon the free will of man, who is capable of rejecting the sovereign will of God (even when wooed by the Holy Spirit). He is powerful enough to obstruct or resist the grace of the God who desperately wants all men to be saved! Perhaps we should best begin by defining the Greek word charis which is consistently translated grace in the New Testament. The basic meaning of the word