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Some "hard sayings"
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Especially for those who wish to learn more.

Three Legged Stool:
|Three maxims to keep in mind when interpretting the bible. Neglect any of the three, and the stool will fall.

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Balanced Calvinism:
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Why Calvinists believe
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Prayer and Calvinism: |Critics ask: If things are predestined, why bother praying for anything?

Free offer of the Gospel
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How can God foreordain sinful events yet hold the sinner responsible?
|How can God ordain the Cross according to His determinate counsel and yet condemn the hands that carried out His will as wicked

Start with God -
Not with Man:

|A few thoughts on where to begin with your theology.

What do you know about Calvinism?:
|A quiz to test your knowledge of the Doctrines of Grace. With answers.

Calvin the Soulwinner: |Quotes from and about Calvin showing that he was not an Ivory Tower theologian, unconcerned about the lost, but greatly desirous for their salvation.

 

 

  

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Once saved - always saved. Really?:
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A fresh look with a better suggestion.

Has God purposed to save any other than
His own elect?:

|In popular conversational style with an invitation for you to contribute!

Thinking about writing against Calvinism?:
|From a Calvinist who often has a look at anti-Calvinist sites and groans at what he is told he believes.

Taking on the Calvinists
|A practical look at what
I
would do if I were a critic
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Sober Questions for those who believe in the Redemption of elect and reprobates alike:
|Did Jesus Christ really die
to keep Cain out of hell?
Did He really take away Cain's sins? etc.,

Did Christ actually redeem the apostates mentioned in 2 Pet 2:1 with His blood?:
|If so, then our Calvinistic doctrine of Particular Redemption is false.

Hyper-Calvinism and evangelism:
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Will the real John Calvin please stand up?:
Did Calvin really "denounce" the free offer of the gospel? 

    


 

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23 June, 2006   comments: (0) Anti-Calvinism  

Roman Catholicism Versus Predestination

Here's an interesting conversation that ensued when a staunch Roman Catholic visited Old Truth. It's an interesting examination of two different versions of church history concerning the Reformation and the views of Augustine on predestination. The one doing the challenging on this page goes by the nickname of Pope Felix, but someone suggested that this may be Jimmy Akin undercover:-) Whoever he is, you have to give him credit for showing the courage to enter this protestant hornet's nest with no real support from anyone else.

This conversation began on this page, but since it diverged somewhat from the original topic, I decided to move it here. You'll also find additional debate with Pope Felix, on this Catholic discussion page on Old Truth.

I don't hold out much hope of convincing anyone in this discussion, since we are arguing from two different sources of belief. One side looks to scripture, while the other side looks to scripture plus the traditions of their church. But scripture always accomplishes what the Holy Spirit intends, and with that there's always a reason for optimism. If nothing else, this page is a good examination of the baffling existence of two different accounts of a number of things in church history. How and why does that happen? Maybe we'll get some answers, in the discussion below.


 
 
Posted by: Jim B.   Link: http://www.oldtruth.com/calvinism/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.304

 

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