1.   They would have said that their obsession was with divine grace.

2.   They have often not promoted the idea that human nature is basically sound if encouraged, but rather emphasized the need for a concept of divine grace.

3.   But Elwood says Calvin saw predestination as an assurance of divine grace and never as the centerpiece of his theology.

4.   He felt he had stood at the place where repentance was met by divine grace.

5.   His doctrines on original sin, divine grace and free will have influenced every branch of Christianity.