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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...

While traces of the doctrines of grace can be found in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, these early church leaders, as we have seen, did not provide new theological insights into the truths of sovereign grace, nor did they organize them into a system of thought. There were several reasons why the early church struggled to bring the doctrines of grace into focus. First, the Church Fathers were engaged in proclaiming the gospel message. As the early church began to
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