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1 | Study the Word, Calvin, or Aminian??? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 35203 | ||
Dear Child of the King -- Amen to your post! As a newcomer you show a degree of wisdom and discretion that seems to have lost its way on this forum. As it was originally conceived, the forum was to be a medium devoted to study of the Scriptures and not a soap-box free-for-all in which devotees of this or that denominational bias were to air their own particular doctrine as being the last word in theology. It was never meant to be turned into a never-ending debate about Calvinism, Arminianism or any other ism. You certainly don't have to agree with TULIP to be a Christian. Calvin was a man. He had no more authority to tell you what to believe than I do, and I have absolutely none. His words are no more binding on you as a Christian than any other human being's words. I am a Christian. I am neither Calvinist nor Arminian; I accept what precepts of each school as I see as being consistent with the word of God and reject others that do not seem to be. I see it as far more important to read and study the Scriptures humbly and prayerfully, asking for divine guidance of the Spirit as I do; to strive to grow and mature in my Christian walk as God helps me to do so; to set the best example that I can to be more like Jesus in my daily living, and by doing so to be an instrument to lead others to the Lord Jesus. I consider endless debates over various isms to be virtually worthless, serving more to alienate Christians from each other than to unite them; and, even more, in creating a spirit and environment of divisiveness, to dissuade unbelievers to seek entry into the fold of the Shepherd. Believe me, dear new user, no part of your question offends me; on the contrary, what you have stated in your post should be read, studied, marked, learned and remembered by those members of this forum who persist, day after day, to engage in endless debates, no matter what the topic or how trivial or important they may appear to be. The Bible is clear on all matters that are truly essential. If there be more than one point of view on what are mainly secondary issues, it is enough to state the various points of view as succinctly as one can and move on. It is unneccesary and counter-productive to dwell infinitely on a small point and to insist on having the last word on any issue. No one but God has a last word on anything; no one's view is the universal, eternal, definitive word of truth on any spiritual issue. In general, the only one who considers an opinion to be of vital interest and importance is the one who renders the opinion. That goes for what I have said in this post; but I do urge the users of this forum to consider what I have herein opined, and to be mindful also of what this new user to whom I am responding has said so well. I am not so naive nor my vision of utopia so simple that I should believe that the content of this forum will take an abrupt turn in a moment; I do pray, however, that some of the more influential members here will consider joining in to bring the quality of this forum up to serve a higher, more noble purpose than being by and large a sounding-board for Calvinism, Arminianism, and other assorted denominational biases, doctrines, and wild speculations on issues about which the Bible speaks not a word. If that is all the purpose this forum is to serve and if that is all the good that this forum can do, how can its continuance be justified? --Hank | ||||||
2 | Study the Word, Calvin, or Aminian??? | Bible general Archive 1 | prayon | 35220 | ||
To Hank and bgg: Amen to the Father who gave ya'll wisdom, Amen to the Holy Ghost who guides your words, and Amen to the Son because He who He is!!!! prayon | ||||||