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The doctrines of grace are often known as the five points of Calvinism, but they were not the invention of John Calvin or his reforming cohorts of the sixteenth century. Rather, they are biblical doctrines, as Dr. Steven J. Lawson demonstrated in his book Foundations of Grace (2006). Now, in Pillars of Grace, Dr. Lawson shows that the doctrines of grace have been understood and taught—sometimes...

the full counsel of God. They combined the teaching of Augustine on monergistic regeneration with the teaching of Wycliffe and Hus on salvation by faith alone. G. W. Bromiley states, “All Reformers stressed the impotence of sinners and God’s omnipotence in electing grace and reconciliation.”75 Schaff adds, “All the Reformers were originally strong Augustinian predestinarians and denied the liberty of the human will.”76 Thus, the Reformers taught that saving faith, which alone is necessary for salvation,
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