Subject: Cities of Judah or Cities of Demons? |
Bible Note: There is no way, shogun, that I am willing or even prepared to post an expansive argument on the theological positions of the "Benny Hinn crowd" or the "stodgy Calvinists" as you have colorfully tagged each camp. Your tags of each communion are interesting in the way you have placed them in juxtaposition. Having known no adherents to the Benny Hill camp personally, I disqualify myself to post any comment on them. But with Calvinists I am quite conversant and have many dear friends among them. I've yet to meet a really "stodgy" Calvinist. I find most of them warm, caring, bright and quite likeable. I don't know of a single one who would subscribe to the notion that "God ... is pretty much done with what He's going to do." If I asked such a question of a Calvinist, I rather guess he would look at me quizzically and ask me what in the world I was talking about. To which I would feel compelled to answer, "Well, I'm not really sure myself what I am talking about." And as for your other tag, that Calvinists "portray God as one who picks and chooses," well, the Calvinists are by no means the first to portray God as being Sovereign and thus quite able to pick and choose as He pleases. God Himself, I submit to you, beat them to the draw. --Hank |