[rwfromkansas]

"Its main tenets do not readily appear from a plain reading of Scripture."

Um, yes they do. It is just because the church has bought into the Arminian reading that we don't see it until it is pointed out to us. Calvinism is all over Scripture.

And Vance is no moderate.....have looked at his book and it is pure trash and unfounded accusations.

[IMRight]

"Its main tenets do not readily appear from a plain reading of Scripture."

Um, yes they do. Calvinism is all over Scripture.

Right. That's why it took 1500-1600 years before anyone discovered them there.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

~~"Vance is no moderate...his book...is pure trash and unfounded accusations."~~

I agree. His agenda comes across loud and clear -- obscure, deny, defame.

Mack, you refused to read the Spurgeon quotes I posted to you and dismissed them as merely Calvinism from another Calvinist. But you read Vance and think you understand Reformed theology.

You don't, and won't by reading Vance. Read Spurgeon or Piper, and then you might. (You can read it very quickly and it won't hurt a bit.)

Better yet, here's Ian Paisley's website, a righteous Protestant keeping the Romanists in line in Northern Ireland.

http://www.ianpaisley.org/