Strange post on Strange Baptist Fire
Strange Baptist Fire contends that Moral Government Theology (MGT) is linked to A) denying original sin, B) denying total depravity, C) denying penal substitution in the atonement and D) affirming open theism. ( link ) and ( link ) First off, I don’t hold to MGT, even though I appreciate the point it makes. So in the big picture, I suppose I agree with Strange Baptist Fire. Additionally, I appreciate the fact that Strange Baptist Fire digs into source materials to discover Arminius and Wesley’s views on original sin, depravity, the atonement and God’s foreknowledge. However, except for point “C”, I don’t see the relationship between MGT and denying original sin, depravity and also affirming open theism. Hugo Grotius was perhaps the first to articulate MGT and he was a remonstrant. He held to the five points of the remonstrants , which affirm original sin, total depravity and God’s foreknowledge. So if the founder of MGT didn’t commit the errors that Strange Baptist Fire says are ...