Message of the Latter Rain - Kelvin M. Duncan
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Christians. They accept <strong>the</strong> authority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old and New Testaments.<br />
Also, <strong>the</strong>y are Arminian (emphasizing human choice and God's election)<br />
ra<strong>the</strong>r than Calvinist (emphasizing God's sovereignty) in <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
interpretation <strong>of</strong> Christ's atonement, and <strong>the</strong>y argue that His death was<br />
"provisionally and potentially for all men," yet efficacious only for those<br />
who avail <strong>the</strong>mselves <strong>of</strong> its benefits. "Adventist," Encyclopedia<br />
Britannica, 2004,<br />
http://www.britannica.com/eb/print?tocId=9003814&fullArticle=true.<br />
QOD (Questions on Doctrine) did not depart from defending<br />
Adventism's more distinctive doctrines, including <strong>the</strong> seventh-day<br />
Sabbath, <strong>the</strong> state <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dead, and <strong>the</strong> present ministry <strong>of</strong> Christ in <strong>the</strong><br />
heavenly sanctuary. Also defended was <strong>the</strong> Wesleyan-Arminian<br />
<strong>the</strong>ology held by Methodists, Nazarenes, and o<strong>the</strong>rs, as well as by<br />
Adventists, in contrast to <strong>the</strong> Calvinism supported by Barnhouse,<br />
http://www.adventistreview.org/2004-1502/news.html.<br />
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