The Bondage of the Will Debate – White vs Blakemore

Dr. James R. White and Dr. Steve Blakemore debated the nature of the will of man on January 13, 2011.

After the fall of Adam into sin was the will of man so irrevocably damaged that humans can no longer choose to do good, but will choose evil, all the time? Did God enable all people the freedom to choose Him or must God choose them first? Once saved, always saved? The questions are too numerous to list, but the answers all depend on if the will of man is free or in bondage to sin. The ultimate condition of the human will is but one of the issues when dealing with the controversies between the doctrines of Arminianism and Calvinism. This debate has intrigued people longer than the namesakes of the debate, John Calvin and Josephus Arminius, have been around.