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1 | Why can we not just be Christians? | 1 Pet 1:2 | kalos | 151572 | ||
Not yet: I am confused. Now I have a few questions. You write: "I feel strongly that you have proven my position." I thought I knew what your position was. Now I'm not sure. Would you tell me again what it is? If I have proven your position, then one of us is confused. If you believe I have proven your position then either a) I don't understand what your position is; or b) you didn't understand the meaning of my post. I'm not being sarcastic here. I honestly don't know which it is. As to your original question, "Why can we not just be Christians?", frankly I don't see what your question has to do with the Bible doctrine of election. Not saying you're doing this, but IF you're implying that I am an ULTRA-Calvinist, you have a misperception of me and my posts. I'm not an ULTRA- anything. I have not taught Calvinism either on or off this forum. What I believe and affirm is simply the Bible Doctrine of Election. If others choose to label the Bible Doctrine of Election as Calvinism, that's their choice. But I have never so labeled it. In proclaiming this doctrine, I am simply being a Bible-believing Christian -- nothing else. IF someone were to label me a Calvinist, I would have to laugh. I know next to nothing about Calvinism. So how could I espouse that which I can barely define, let alone defend? I am what I am and leave the labeling of myself and my beliefs to others. Please understand that in this Note I have no quarrel with you. It's just that I don't quite understand what you wrote in your previous Note and am seeking clarification. Grace to you, Kalos * * * * * * * * * * * * * www.seekfind.org Christian Search Engine The mission of SeekFind.org is to provide God-honoring, Biblically-based, and theologically-sound Christian search engine results in a highly accurate and well-organized format. |
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2 | Why can we not just be Christians? | 1 Pet 1:2 | Not yet | 151742 | ||
I can't help but to chuckle at your post. The same thought you exude, crossed my mind when I made that statement. Actually, you sound like myself. I was surprised when I was called first called a Calvinist. Then I did a little studying on the label. What little I did study concerning Calvinism, seems to pretty much agree with what I have come across in scripture. But... If you noted, I made the comment that I "tend" to lean toward the Calvinist way of believing. Perhaps I should have stated that, from what little I have studied of Calvinism so far, it "tends" to agree with my scriptural studies. (Check out the book WHILE MEN SLEPT, by Kerby Fannin, Ph.D.) You will find it quite enlightening concerning early church doctrines. When it comes to scripture dear soul, you will find that I will do my best not to argue it. For I firmly believe that “if a fool and a wise man are arguing, who can say which is which?” I love to discuss scripture, but I don’t feel that the word is arguable, only mens ideas concerning it. And as I, you have every right to believe what you believe. You may be right. I may be right. As long as we are not teaching against him, are we not teaching for Him? By the way, I am not a Calvinist. I can’t help it if someone named Calvin read the bible and understood what it said before I did. I prefer the word “scriptural(ist),” for if it is in scripture, I believe it, otherwise it is not worth the paper it is, or isn’t written on… I really don't know how my post got switched to election. I was simply s little depressed over the squabbling in the body. thus my topic in comparrison with the ULTRA-this and that way of today's society. In His name. |
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3 | Why can we not just be Christians? | 1 Pet 1:2 | kalos | 151751 | ||
"A kind of modified, moderate Calvinism" Not yet: I appreciate your Note. It really does clarify where you are coming from and is a pleasure to read. The following statement by the Christian Research Institute describes where I stand on the Bible Doctrine of Election. While not calling myself anything, I, like CRI, "adhere to a kind of modified, moderate Calvinism" (see below for more information about what this phrase means). I agree with the following statement. 'The ministry of [the Christian Research Institute] (CRI) is concerned with responding to heretical attacks on, and aberrant distortions of, the Christian faith. Consequently, CRI takes no dogmatic stand on *controversial theological issues on which Christians can and do hold different views without denying or seriously distorting the essential doctrines of the Bible*. One such area of controversy is the set of issues including predestination, election, the extent of the atonement, and "eternal security." 'The president and most of the staff of CRI adhere to a kind of modified, moderate Calvinism, accepting eternal security while questioning the doctrines of unconditional election and "limited atonement." However, we encourage Christians to study the issues and make up their own minds. " 'CRI does take a strong stand against heretical, extremist variations of these views: for instance, the hyper-Arminian belief that God does not know all things, or the hyper-Calvinist notion that evangelism and prayer are superfluous because everything is already preordained. We urge Christians to avoid such heretical extremes, while recognizing that genuine Christians do disagree over such issues as predestination and eternal security.' ____________________ www.equip.org/free/DA180.htm Grace to you, Kalos * * * * * * * * * * * * * www.seekfind.org Christian Search Engine The mission of SeekFind.org is to provide God-honoring, Biblically-based, and theologically-sound Christian search engine results in a highly accurate and well-organized format. |
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4 | Why can we not just be Christians? | 1 Pet 1:2 | Not yet | 151793 | ||
Thank you dear brother. Perhaps we do not disagree after all. It is all in the use and structure of the words presented. It seems that the word "extreams" keeps poping up in a negative sense. This puts me in mind of a word I used in another post "ULTRA," or anyhing done to the excess. It appears that the result of these "extreams" fits one of my definitions of the word "sin." I am a big fan of the CRI. In Him |
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