tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post2265748203341742840..comments2023-09-24T17:39:04.893+05:00Comments on Tales from Middle Earth: The Calvinist Way of ThinkingStriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347436154893544535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-13702921975980185562008-09-25T07:36:00.000+05:002008-09-25T07:36:00.000+05:00Hi Debbie, I respectfully disagree. You cannot cle...Hi Debbie, <BR/><BR/>I respectfully disagree. You cannot clearly judge someone's grasp of the gospel with 5 points. Sure it affirms some very important and essential things and points to the Christ alone. But..<BR/><BR/>For example, you can believe the 5 points and not believe in a literal Second Coming. <BR/><BR/>sooo... yeah.... its not good way to judge how well someone knows the gospel. <BR/><BR/>Im not saying its wrong. just that it is not holistic. Historically it was never meant to be holistic as it was a 5 point response to the 5 points of the Remonstrance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-3752969486638679202008-09-23T16:09:00.000+05:002008-09-23T16:09:00.000+05:00Rev: I believe it tells all those things, and poin...Rev: I believe it tells all those things, and points to Christ alone. <BR/><BR/>As for 400 years, that's nothing compared to the age of the Bible. New doesn't necessarily mean true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-25734705773897761102008-09-23T01:59:00.000+05:002008-09-23T01:59:00.000+05:00I love your blog Strider, and your stories. I thin...I love your blog Strider, and your stories. I think people who agree or not about Calvinism can at least agree on one important matter. Calvinisim isn't a holistic theology... it misses some serious points. It doesn't tell the story of the good news and things like Man originally created in the image of God before total depravity, and Christ second coming and restoration off all things to name a few.<BR/><BR/>You can't really judge someone's understanding of the gospel, theology, and mission with a 400 year old 5 point question and answer. <BR/><BR/>Always reading. <BR/><BR/>-Rev<BR/><BR/><I> P.S. im saying this as a Calvinist [[[insert grin]]]</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-78311733795493684722008-09-20T23:37:00.000+05:002008-09-20T23:37:00.000+05:00I'm glad that you are looking into this doctrine(C...I'm glad that you are looking into this doctrine(Calvinism) with the intent of portraying it faithfully, even though you disagree. I commend you for that.<BR/><BR/>You are correct in that TULIP was brought in to best describe Calvinism after John Calvin was dead, and in response to those who developed an acronym to prove Calvinism wrong. <BR/><BR/>I do believe however, that John Calvin did believe the TULIP doctrine, this after having read a lot of John Calvin's works. I think however it is a point that has been argued, will continue to be argued, so much so that it cannot really be used as fact that John Calvin did not believe all that TULIP entails. In his commentary alone, that could be proven to be untrue. But it's been as debated as Spurgeon's eschatology beliefs or Dave Hunt's assertion that Spurgeon was not Calvinist. Yet, he was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35640373.post-74955081769106854332008-09-18T19:14:00.000+05:002008-09-18T19:14:00.000+05:00I'm so glad to see you're posting again!faithful r...I'm so glad to see you're posting again!<BR/><BR/>faithful readerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com