Hawthorn, I have heard our friends in the Roman Catholic church state that they are saved (in effect) because they had the good sense to join the winning team. But just because some guy on the internet, nice as he may be, heard pastor so-in-so sermonize the preceived evils of refomed theology doesn’t make “Mr. Internet” correct in his theology and personal faith.
For this student of the Gospel, if the Bible teaches election and or predestination and or once saved always saved then the issue is settled as far as I’m concerned. BTW, you might have missed it but I’m not Presbyterian and certainly if I were I would not at this point in time be anywhere near the liberal PCUSA.
Any Catholic who thinks being a Catholic guarantees him slam-dunk salvation needs to crack his catechism and try actually understanding what the Church says.