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How To Offend a Room Full of Calvinists [Calvinist Caucus]
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| January 28, 2015
| Tim Challies
Posted on 01/28/2015 8:24:41 AM PST by Alex Murphy
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To: odawg
SO...are you saying you’re not a Calvinist?
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01/28/2015 9:02:03 AM PST
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mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: jonno
I was shocked to read a book by RC Sproul (Does God Control Everything), where he wrote, "Yet, in scripture, we
never see God inviting people to come to Jesus."
Yet Jesus said, "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
I attended a Reformed church for years and finally asked the question, "If a non-believer came to our church, would he ever hear the gospel?" The assistant pastor who heard my question didn't answer.
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01/28/2015 9:03:55 AM PST
by
aimhigh
(1 John 3:23)
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To: jonno
I should also have included this par. as it get to the heart of the issue - how many of us struggle...
“So the agonizing question for some is: Do I really have saving faith? Is my faith real? Am I self-deceived? Some well-intentioned people try to lessen the problem by making faith a mere decision to affirm certain truths, like the truth: Jesus is God, and he died for my sins. Some also try to assist assurance by denying that any kind of life-change is really necessary to demonstrate the reality of faith. So they find a way to make James 2:17 mean something other than what it seems to mean: Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead. But these strategies to help assurance backfire. They deny some Scripture; and even the minimal faith they preserve can be agonized over and doubted by the tormented soul. They dont solve the problem, and they lose truth. And, perhaps worst of all, they sometimes give assurance to people who should not have it. “
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01/28/2015 9:05:30 AM PST
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jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: jonno
>>Some also try to assist assurance by denying that any kind of life-change is really necessary to demonstrate the reality of faith.<<
Can you show where anyone made that claim?
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posted on
01/28/2015 9:09:07 AM PST
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: odawg; allendale
Maybe you 2 don't understand what caucus means???
Either that, or your just ignorant #*#*# who lack any integrity, and think your opinions trump house rules.
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posted on
01/28/2015 9:15:53 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: aimhigh
Gee. We hear the Gospel every, so single week in my Reformed church.
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01/28/2015 9:16:05 AM PST
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Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a preacher of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Army officer.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Well, you can always start one.
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01/28/2015 9:19:18 AM PST
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mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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