What Makes a Person an Arminian?

In my preaching ministry, I teach the doctrine of salvation (soteriology) from a classical Arminian perspective. You might be an Arminian and not even know it. In his helpful booklet, "Arminianism FAQs: Understanding the Biblical View of God and Salvation," Roger Olson answered the question, "What makes a person an Arminian?"

"So, in my mind, any person is an Arminian who (1) is classically Protestant, (2) affirms total depravity (in the sense of helplessness to save him/herself or contribute meritoriously to their own salvation such that a sinner is totally dependent on prevenient grace for even the first movement of the will toward God; (3) affirms conditional election and predestination based on God’s foreknowledge, (4) affirms universal atonement, (5) affirms that grace is always resistible, and (6) affirms that God is in no way and by no means the author of sin and evil but affirms that these are only permitted by God’s consequent (or permissive) will.”