Erasmus, Moralism, and the Need for Grace

Discussion of Erasmus’s view that free will undergirds salvation and how Luther sees that as moralism undermining grace.

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For What It's Worth. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Gerhard Forde's "Captivation of the Will." We discuss the conclusion of Luther's treatise on the bound will, arriving at Christ and election, which reveals Erasmus's fundamental error — his argument for the human will is actually the original sin, choosing between good and evil.

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The Captivation of the Will: Luther Vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage by Gerhard O. Forde https://amzn.to/4mOYuPx

HWSS SD 2025 https://www.1517.org/events/hwss-2025-sd

The Gospel for Those Broken By the Church https://www.1517.org/videos/the-gospel-for-those-broken-by-the-church

Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" episodes: #73, #74, #75, #76, #77, #78, #79, #80, #81

Captivation of the Will Series:

407: Paulson - The free will is demonstrably not Jesus Christ https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/407-paulson
408: Nestigen - Luther and Erasmus on the Bondage of the Will https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/408-nestigen
409: Forde - Take away assertions and you take away Christianity https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/409-forde
410: Forde - Better not to let the "common herd" in on such lofty and dangerous academic secrets https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/410-forde
411: Forde - Are we puppets, being jerked around against our wills by a malevolent puppeteer? https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/411-forde

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