This is such an ugly and arrogant view of Christ: “He died for ME, but not for you.”
There are many people who preach a false Christ. This is one of them.
According to Calvinism, God decrees everything that comes to pass (even evil) but somehow He is not the author of it. It also teaches that God has chosen to withhold giving most of mankind the ability to repent of their sin, while still holding them responsible for those sins. These things are glaring contradictions, both logically and biblically. It is not a mystery nor is it even a paradox.
A paradox seems false but can be proven true through deeper investigation. A contradiction is false because it violates the laws of logic. Calvinism is true like a square circle is true. In other words, it is false because it defies the laws of logic, which God Himself established.
The Apostle John starts out his gospel by saying “In the beginning was the Word”
The original Greek text uses the word logos, which traditionally translates to "word" in this verse, but it fundamentally means reason, rationality or logic.
You can rightfully translate the passage "In the beginning was the Logic, and the Logic was with God, and the Logic was God."
God/Jesus IS logic. Men do not have a separate logic. They have misunderstandings and perverted reasoning. But mankind doesn’t get their own logic.
There IS truth. I don’t get my own truth. Just like you don’t get your own truth. There is only ONE truth. The truth. And that truth is Jesus.
Is there mystery in God? Absolutely. But that mystery doesn’t contradict the nature that He has established Himself to have in scripture. That would be…. Illogical.
It’s beyond comprehension that a Calvinist would look at this beautiful child and think it’s biblically accurate to say, “It’s quite possible God created you for destruction.”
That is the end result of their reasoning.
Holding my 6 week old daughter right now, looking her in the eyes, and telling her Jesus loves her.
I can say this to her with honesty and certainty because I am not a Calvinist.
I will add that this is a perfect example of Calvinist systematic philosophy. They are trying to create a logical philosophical system to explain our God levels is incomprehensible to our human brain. But the good news is God gave us his word in the Bible. Calvinist can only support their philosophical framework through extra biblical means. And this is why they take unclear passages and use them to interpret the abundantly clear passages in the Bible. The Bible is replete with example after example disproving Calvinist, systematic philosophy.
This is blatant strawmanning and "Dr." White cannot claim ignorance here. Just because God chooses to save only those who believe does not necessitate that what Jesus did was not enough.
James, you're a dishonest person and you need to repent.
Calvinists who try to post hoc rationalize and pretend that their system is not a stumbling block for people to believe are not to be taken seriously. They will answer one day for how they maligned the character of God.
Call out the error and move on.
I guess I’m curious about the “pray for us sinners” ? Catholics are asking Mary to pray for them? Looking to understand, not looking to argue, genuine question. Does this mean that Mary has an attribute of omniscience as this would keep her quite busy! Thank you
Why did we name our conference “CHRIST IS KING”?
Will we be changing the name of the conference?
Should we have kept Christ’s name out of it?
Will we be disinviting @RealAlexJones?
Great questions.
Here’s my answer… 👇
I’m just as put off by the Calvinist sensibility as by Calvinist soteriology. It’s dogmatic in the worst sense: narrow, closed-minded, peremptorily dismissive of disagreement. It’s the opposite of the Socratic sensibility which is curious, open-minded, willing to listen.
Three children. Cora, Dawson, Callan. Their mother killed them.
My heart breaks for that family and the loss of those three.
"The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart." (Psalm 34:18)