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Great! Irrelevant, but great! And... I don't... care. But yeah, good on ya! <smile> Ohhhh, blaming me for your own sin. Hmmmm... Sure, Gosh. I'm cutting off the "grace" part of your moniker, because you're apparently lacking in it... Yes... Ohhhhhhh, he meant something different...

<eye roll> At least you spelled it right this time... LOL! We're together on most things, Gosh. You know that. But not these things we're discussing. But... you know... that's okay. <smile> Nope. See above. Well, I have been, and extensively, and over and over again... <smile> I...

I answered that question previously, but will again. God does not tempt, but rather tests; James is crystal clear on that. And God, by His Spirit, might lead us into temptation ~ to a place where we might be tempted ~ in order to test our faith. This is not, of course, because He thinks we...

A Christian is a Christian... <smile> So, yes, but, well, sometimes ~ sometimes ~ "mainline" is not such a good thing... <smile> I am, on a lot of things... But regarding what we're talking about here... never. <smile> The fact is, Arminianism makes God's sovereignty subservient and even...

Ahhh, so this was in response to my assertion that "the Bible, every time it mentions God's predestination, refers to people, not actions," right? Yes, okay, so that's a softball if there ever was one; let's go right back to Romans 8:29-30 (cited multiple times above) and Ephesians 1:5 and 1:11...

You know, you lose a lot of non-verbal communication (pretty much all of it, really) in this venue. What I said was not a disparagement of you personally at all. But that article I linked for you a while back you flatly refused to even scan, thus, your ignorance... you're ignoring some really...

I think we know why. I do, anyway. <smile> That's not it. Nor is that. Nor is that. <smile> We do. Certainly you don't mean this to be true... you would never intentionally do such things, but really, it's all about pride and self-indignation and even self-justification and...

Like. <smile> Grace and peace to you, Hey You!

Because of your ignorance. According to Arminians. But really, they're accusing Calvinists of doing what hyper-Calvinists inadvertently do. Read the article I linked ~ it's short and to the point and really not an imposition at all ~ and maybe you'll understand. Here it is again... because...

So do I, certainly, along with all good Calvinists and all good Reformed folk. Yes, perish the thought. Absolutely not. Such would be really to call evil good and good evil, which is the unpardonable sin. Grace and peace to you.

In your opinion. Fair enough. I say you're wrong, and you can certainly call that my opinion, and that too is fair enough. Man's beliefs are not God-breathed. Supposing that is really kind of ridiculous. Scripture is God-breathed... meaning He is the One Who said what is contained in...

Interesting! Are you reading it because you agree with it? Or are you just reading it to see what it says? I ask because that confession is considered Calvinistic in its soteriology (view of salvation). And iIt is also theistic in its view of God and covenantal in its view of Biblical...

First of all, I want you to actually hear me say, I do not mean to offend in any way. Having said that... Yes, John Calvin and Jacobus Arminius were two men... <smile> Good; me, either. But one can be influenced by a number of things, people included, without following them... or even being...

No. But he did, I think, agree with many of the things Calvin said and wrote. One thing we should not do is reduce Calvin's understanding of the Bible ~ and that of Calvinists ~ to a mere five points. The only reason there is such a thing as "the five points of Calvinism" is because, using...

Is not the case. I'm a follower of Jesus, and I believe what John Calvin said about Jesus ~ as opposed to Jacobus Arminius ~ was correct. LOL! That they are God's elect entails their knowing Jesus ~ not just knowing about... (even all about) Jesus. In other words, God's elect are the ones...

Right, but only because you are. I just go where you go... Ah, well, these conversations do get disjointed, and tend to get wider and wider in scope, so much so that they become... unweildy. Well, what you think to be Calvinism crosses into what is known as hyper-Calvinism, which is a...

Testimonies. Your personal testimony. Well that's too bad. It probably would be encouraging to all of us. But, fair enough. Hmmm... well, Hebrews 11 shows us that no matter what time frame, we are all saved the same way... The assurance and of God and conviction by the Spirit (verse 1)...

Hmmm, well that's not really relevant, I don't think, but okay. Not necessarily. Many things in the Bible can be read and understood in two very different ways, and just based on the wording itself, one way is just as valid as the other, but only one of the two, since they are very different...

No, but I respect your opinion. Right, what you say is correct. I get it. In your opinion. Fair enough. But none can be taken by soft-pedaling or at the exclusion of other passages that say Jesus was given only a few, or those who God predestined, or the like. Confession and repentance is...

<eye roll> You should stop misrepresenting it... which is either because you do it unknowingly, because of misperception, or otherwise, but neither is good. If you did that, you might take back what you say here, because it's ridiculous. This is absolutely true, and I and all good Reformed...