>’Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Calvinist and the other a sinner. The Calvinist (that would be I) stood and was praying thus to himself, God, I thank thee that I am not like other people, sinners, Catholics, heretics, or even like this sinner beside me. I planted your church in this god-forsaken part of the country, I read the Scriptures and Calvin and Luther twice a week, and the rest of the week I read nothing but reformers and your Scriptures. But the sinner standing a little off to the side, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner. I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled but he who humbles himself shall be exalted.”
Interesting take on Scripture and calvinism. Sounds like this guy was a hyper-calvinist, (Only the elect are saved, AND once saved they can do no wrong, and indeed a pharisee as he describes.)
Calvinism teaches, as the Scripture does, we cannot boast on anything but Christ and the Gospel. The way he writes suggests he was not firmly knowledgeable in his own faith and or that his heart was not changed by the Gospel in his sojourn in the OPC.
Just hope he wanders into the Gospel in the Roman Church. I hear they still have some preaching that on the other side of the Tiber, occasionally.
Rodney Beason
Oh, him.
This got hashed out earlier this year on FR, in a multi-hundred post thread. A little googling by one of the GRPL Borg revealed that Mr. Beason is a spiritual wanderer -- he's been a lot of different things.
Well, as dated as the post (via news here on FR) may be, it’s still another conversion. Until and unless this person “reconverts” to another faith, it’s a conversion, yes?
It’s interesting how so many on this thread want to disparage the convert, rather than listen to the conversion message. Oh well, it’s nothing new; they did it with Beckwith too.
bump for later