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“Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She’s a much better person than I am. Honestly. She’s, like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And it’s just not fair if she doesn’t make it, she’s better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.”

If that is what he believes he must be real impressed with Calvinists.

From some of my discussions on this board it seems the Catholics are all over the “board” with this one. The hard core Catholics would agree with Mel. Others are more tolerant and I’m just a “heretic”.

To be fair there are several Protestant denominations which would say the same thing both about the Catholics and perhaps other Protestants. I won’t get into all the various cults who feel they’re the “true church”.

I've been involved with many different churches over the years. I couldn’t list the numbers of people in various denominations who have told me I was heading to Hell because I didn’t see the scriptures as they saw them or wasn’t part of “their” body. Well, if I heading to be cast into the Lake of Fire for all eternity it’s no less than I deserve. I can only ask for God’s grace and mercy through our Lord Jesus, pray, and be as true to the scriptures as possible.

Everybody wants to say who God has saved. I can judge the actions of people in the church and I’ll argue doctrine but I certainly would not presume to make a call on another person’s personal relationship to God. That is a line I would NEVER cross.

The cross of Christ is SIMPLE. If you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart you shall be saved. We just make it difficult.