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Free Will if you even do a google search....is a false carnal philosophy. It is NOT biblical, no matter what theology you hold...Again...your will is bound by your nature.
No need to google search free will. Man does not have free will to fly for instance.
We're not talking about philosophical free will.
We're talking about BIBLICAL FREE WILL. No need to go on and on about this.
Biblically speaking, free will just means the possibility to choose between two moral options.
In calvinism we have to discuss compatibalist free will because of the fact that you deny that man has free will.
Describe compatibalist free will.
HOW do you understand it. Then I'll tell you how those of us on the other side understand it.
W.....there is a reason he was reformed...the word, and Spirit. Reformed people are Christians. You speak of it as if it was an epidemic.
No, what I said is that if you ONLY read the reformed, that is what you will think.
You must know the other side too.
I NEVER said they aren't Christian.
Please don't put words in my mouth, it just wastes a lot of time when I have to correct you.
I have seen where some non-reformed people are a fine example of walking as believers, and I have seen where some reformed error by being the frozen chosen.
In Reformed Baptist churches that gets rebuked when it surfaces.
Have you had a chance to read Spurgeon?
What is the frozen chosen? People that don't live their faith? Those are everywhere.
I respect Spurgeon and RC...
but I can't agree with their soteriology.
(and I don't know Spurgeon as much as I know RC)
Steve Lawson?
I am temporarily out of work these last few weeks, taking care of a work-related injury, testing and rehab. When I drive for 70 hours a week, sometimes I listen on the radio to these other men to see what is going on. Sometimes I have listened on purpose to the best of those who oppose what i believe, examing to see if they can offer biblical correction. If a person wants truth, they must attempt to do this. I have done it. I can oppose calvinists more than most non-cals could.
I use www.sermonaudio all the time it has 2.5 million free sermons online ,for free.
A two gb flash drive holds around 130-140 sermons on it, then you can delete and re use it.
MaCarthur is good at doing sermons that reflect true calvinist teaching.
But I don't think listening to sermons is what's going to get deep into reformed theology.
In sermons everything always sounds good.
Joel Osteen sounds great.
Until you realize what he's actually stating...
Same with calvinism.
I have taught in a non-cal baptist church as recently as 4 years ago. A handful of people knew I was a reformed baptist, but sadly many did not even know what I would consider basics of faith.
I taught them about Jesus. I taught the doctrines of grace as it would appear in the texts, but did not use sophisticated theological terms...just plain speech.
We are out in the country slightly. It is simple folk mostly.I do not feel any need to try and impress or indoctrinate. I presented accurately the main ideas held by professing Christians, but with a certain bias I am sure.
Yeah. Well I live up in the mountains so I beat you to it!
Paul came with simple words - it's the best way.