Monergism vs. Synergism

This debate between Dr. James White and Dr. Michael Brown happened a few years ago. Since that time, these 2 brothers in the Lord have grown to have great love, respect and friendship for one another, and have worked together debating others on other theological topics. There is even rumor of them working together on other projects in the future. In all fairness to Dr. Brown, he is not comfortable with the theological terms monergism and synergism because I believe his reason basically is that these terms are too simplistic for a topic that is so difficult to wrap the finite mind around. Regardless, these are the words Dr. White used to title these debates and I have to call it something.

(Part 1) Monergism vs. Synergism on the The Dividing Line Radio Show 03/25/2010 - James White kicked off the two-part debate between himself and Michael Brown. James supposes it is the classical Calvinist/Arminian debate, but he prefers the monergism/synergism description instead. In any case, they covered verses James picked: John 6, Romans 8-9, and Ephesians 1 over the course of 90 minutes. It is fast paced with very little break in the action, that's for sure. In (Part 2 - below) they do it again, this time with a set of verses Michael has chosen.

(Part 2) Monergism vs. Synergism Debate Part II 04/01/2010 - They took the gloves off today a bit, but remained within bounds for brothers in the Lord, as Michael and James debated again on The Dividing Line. They got down to some brass tacks, so to speak, in examining the foundations upon which Christians stand in examining the Scriptures. In this case Michael Brown chose verses: Luke 13:34-35, Matthew 23:37, Ezekiel 18, 2 Peter 2:1