Calvinism

[Doheny]

This is the first time I resurrected it and no comments were made to keep it alive.

God is good.

[huskydog]

God is good.

Thanks for the snarky comments it really helps. If you check others have kept it alive not me.

[RAMCLAP]

Is there something particular you Wish to discuss Huskydog?

[huskydog]

If you hold to paedobaptism you can enlighten me as I'm rethinking my position.

[the-right-way]

Religion is one of those things and there are many disagreements and so forth. We all have things we think might be wrong other people do. I will say 100% I am not sure how any Christian could reconcile a vote for Obama. I know many will disagree, but that is my opinion and based on values I was raised by.

Anyway.


There are various versions of this song, but this one looked cool. Christians should heed the words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okyEALTeKnM

[WASR10]

If you hold to paedobaptism you can enlighten me as I'm rethinking my position.

I am on the opposite end, and do not hold to it. But you probably would already be aware of any argument against it, in maintaining (or having previously maintained) that position yourself.

ETA: Also I'm not Calvinist so my position may not be of any interest in the matter.

[RAMCLAP]

If you hold to paedobaptism you can enlighten me as I'm rethinking my position.

I am. It's just not a hill I care to plant my flag on. It doesn't bother me that others don't adhere to it.

[NickD]

Calvinism and Arminianism or something I intentionally do not talk about or even remotely bring up with the certain number of Christians I know. It almost seems like so many Christians want to convert Christian versus putting that time and energy into the lost. And the funny thing is much of the Jewish and Hebrew contacts is kind of been lost. Interesting when you actually listen to Romans being taught by a Messianic Jew, especially one who was trained as a rabbi. They seem to bring much of the Old Testament which was still being read, and which Paul was very much familiar with, into the New Testament. For example its nice reading Romans 9,10, and 11 and going back to Jeremiah 18.
In my own opinion I think much was lost in mankind's anti-semitism, even in the church. Divide and conquer, I pretty much think that's what satan was doing and has been doing all along.

[glilon]

I think RAMCLAP nailed it when he said this discussion wouldn't go well.

[skunkbad]

I went to a school called Calvin Christian in Escondido when I was a kid. Spent 5 years there, but was forced to leave because my parents got a divorce. Yes, I was no longer allowed to attend. Even still, Calvin Christian leaves me with fond memories, such as:

1) Being sick and telling my teacher that I wasn't feeling well. Her response was, "Oh, you're fine". I then puked all over her desk.

2) Being accused of kicking a girl on the bus. Bus driver and teacher yelling at me for a long time, then the girl walks by. Teacher demands I apologize to the girl, and she says, "That's not him".

I've got more stories, but I'll leave you with those because those are my favorites. Had I been showed a little more love, and perhaps if they allowed me to keep going to school there, I think it really would have changed my life for the better. Instead I had a really hard time, grew up without a dad, and without going into details can tell you that I fell away from the Lord and was very much wandering in the desert. I wasn't a bad kid, and I didn't deserve to be thrown out like trash. It took me about 18 years to step back into a church again.

"If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.…"

[Doheny]

I think RAMCLAP nailed it when he said this discussion wouldn't go well.

Yup, yet some want to keep on pushing their agenda.

[huskydog]

Originally Posted by glilon View Post
I think RAMCLAP nailed it when he said this discussion wouldn't go well

Yup, yet some want to keep on pushing their agenda.

I think it's been very mild as there has been no real debate. I've debated the subject elsewhere not because I wanted to push my agenda, but to defend my faith against attackers. I know what I believe is not the popular choice but my choice is not based on going with the majority but what I understand as truth.

If the thread dies, o well.

[RAMCLAP]

Originally Posted by glilon View Post
I think RAMCLAP nailed it when he said this discussion wouldn't go well




I think it's been very mild as there has been no real debate. I've debated the subject elsewhere not because I wanted to push my agenda, but to defend my faith against attackers. I know what I believe is not the popular choice but my choice is not based on going with the majority but what I understand as truth.

If the thread dies, o well.

Come join us on the Reformed Pub on FB. All kinds of discussions in there.

[huskydog]

Come join us on the Reformed Pub on FB. All kinds of discussions in there.

Thanks brother for the invitation, but I can't advance truth with those who are already in agreement with what I believe. In the past I've been willing to take abuse and hear the blasphemies and speak the truth in the face of opposition. If one listens out of a thousand my effort has not been in vain. If no one listens I have done what is required of me, after all it is God who determines the gain.

[RAMCLAP]

There are many Arminians in the Pub.