advance ideas that are antithetical to Reformed theology?
The Balancing the Sword study package does not advance a Calvinistic or Arminianistic perspective (called the Augustinianism [after St. Augustine] and Semi-Pelagianism [after Pelagius]). Passages that promote God’s sovereignty are targeted by questions just as passages that promote man’s responsibility. Interpretation of the Text is left to the reader. The pivotal verses upon which the debate hinges have received voluminous attention from commentators for centuries. Balanced theology requires a solid familiarity of the proof texts at a minimum. Furthermore, every 2.7 verses on average is targeted by a question. Therefore, most of the key passages pertaining to sovereignty versus free-will are highlighted by a BTS question in either volume one or volume two. The questions are designed to develop a comprehensive working knowledge of what the Bible says. The deeper questions about meaning are left for the user’s discovery. At the bottom of each page, there are quotes from famous Christian
