tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post6055955329299938052..comments2022-10-29T04:57:13.779-07:00Comments on The Institute of Relational Theology: Relational Theology's response to the Five Points of CalvinismThe Sola Scriptura Theologianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-63752856304172998942014-04-23T10:30:46.468-07:002014-04-23T10:30:46.468-07:00The passion I feel which sounds "rabid" ...The passion I feel which sounds "rabid" to you is my gut reaction to Calvinist IDOLATRY... painting a different God other than the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and fully revealed through the Lord Jesus Christ who would rather die for me than live without me.The Sola Scriptura Theologianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-89056136272906013782013-01-20T11:12:28.177-08:002013-01-20T11:12:28.177-08:00In my last statement, I meant TRUE HYPOCRITE to me...In my last statement, I meant TRUE HYPOCRITE to mean TRUE THEOLOGICAL HYPOCRITE. Pragmatically, there is a difference. John McArthur for example is not a biblical hypocrite because he lives and preaches what he believes the Bible to say. However, he claims to be Calvinist but either CANNOT live it to the extreme (If unconditional election is true, evangelism is an exercise of futility, simply evangelizing to obey God makes God stupid since He is portrayed as being pleased with ritual, no matter how irrationally senseless the substance is. If specific predetermination is true, prayer is a futile exercise since it doesn't change God's mind, and if it only changes us, there is more statistical and testimonial evidence that hypnosis works better (Just look at all those "Christians" in theraphy for depression or some other excuse, isn't that such a weak God who cannot even help His children for simple things?) or he makes excuses and qualification for what Calvinist points may "really" mean. That is why he has been accused of "Lordship salvation (which is very biblical and non-Calvinist by the way)". It is in this sense that he becomes a theological hypocrite. However, he seems to downplay this by avoiding any preaching on Calvinist theology (like most people who claim to be Calvinists) although he stumbles into it every once in a while quite uncomfortably (of course, whatever it is it contradicts the rest of Scripture, how can one be comfortable with that, unless he chooses to be intellectually dishonest?)The Sola Scriptura Theologianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-12796646632485813782013-01-12T16:38:26.984-08:002013-01-12T16:38:26.984-08:00Sorry you feel that way. With so many verses quote...Sorry you feel that way. With so many verses quoted in this article, you must be referring to a different bible, a Calvinist Bible perhaps?<br /><br />Also, you haven't met Calvinists who are real Calvinists, that is, their life being consistent with their theology perhaps. Ever heard of Cornelius Van Til, or perhaps R.C Sproul is pretty close. Folks like Norman Geisler and John McArthur are not true Calvinists but a bit confused since they like the doctrine but they want to put tons of qualifications or clarifications to it. It should be take it or leave it, if you cannot live out a theology to its logical extreme, then junk it. Hyper-Calvinism is true Calvinism lived to an extreme but is quite fatalistic and sovereignty oriented. If they did not preach grace, it would be close to Islam is essence.<br /><br />The last person I talked with who said this arguments were straw men has actually renounced Calvinism and is now an extreme Pentecostal although I do not recommend that either. Like I said, either live out your theology to its extreme or junk it. Anything in between is a TRUE HYPOCRITE.<br /><br />Nuff said.The Sola Scriptura Theologianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-32900997540958360112012-10-26T08:53:01.995-07:002012-10-26T08:53:01.995-07:00Lots of ranting- not much scriptural proof, beyond...Lots of ranting- not much scriptural proof, beyond down-playing the verses he doesn't like to the rank of 'foot-notes'- sad. Rabid sarcasm disgusts the reader and lowers the tone of the article to the point of looking cheap. Loads of straw-man arguments- I haven't yet met a Calvinist who would agree that they believe much of what the writer of this article says they believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com