Below is an excerpt from an article I received via e-mail.
(The article included a link to an excellent article on Calvinism by John Piper, answering many of these 'objections'.)
Are these legitimate concerns about 'Calvinism'?
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At least 10 things have bothered me about the effects that “so-called” Calvinism has had on some:
1. Calvinism can reduce evangelistic zeal.
2. Calvinism, by extension, can undermine a commitment to missions.
3. Calvinism can lead to a flippant attitude toward sin.
4. Calvinism can overemphasize sin and depravity, neglecting the image of God within us.
5. Calvinism leads some to deny the love of God for all people.
6. Calvinism inspires some to surrender their humanity to an unbiblical fatalistic determinism.
7. Calvinism can displace Scripture as the source of truth.
8. Calvinism can under-emphasize the moment of conversion.
9. Calvinism can be accompanied by theological arrogance, which undermines love for fellow believers who see spiritual reality in a different light.
10. Calvinism can divide Christians from each other.
__________________ “Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.” Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz)
Below is an excerpt from an article I received via e-mail.
(The article included a link to an excellent article on Calvinism by John Piper, answering many of these 'objections'.)
Are these legitimate concerns about 'Calvinism'?
There are real reasons that "Calvinism" is oft perceived in these ways. And none of them are good (with some exceptions on #10). It usually has to do with focusing on some "5 points" as the essence of Calvinism. IOW, people who give other Calvinists this reputation among other Christians are almost always 'stunted' Calvinists, making a lot of noise about something less than full-orbed Calvinism.
When you find a Calvinist Pastor who preaches every sermon on one of the "Five points" you have found a flock that is as unbalanced as one who has a pastor who preaches easy-believism evangelsitic sermons every week.
__________________ Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis
So also can Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches.
Some "Christians" are worth dividing from.
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Romans 1:16: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
My morphology is usurped by my philology. My Christology and my soteriology cannot exist in one theology. My eschatology is a conundrum of bifurcation and false dichotomies. I don't have an epistemological leg to stand on!
So also can Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches.
And that's not always a bad thing.
__________________ Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis
I doubt this list is by Piper! He is a Reformed Baptist is he not?
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Originally Posted by Tarheel Baptist
Below is an excerpt from an article I received via e-mail.
(The article included a link to an excellent article on Calvinism by John Piper, answering many of these 'objections'.)
The article was by Ron Forseth, I believe.
__________________ “Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.” Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz)
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