tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post3989920893123216977..comments2024-03-21T12:32:39.345-05:00Comments on Frankly Speaking: Considering the Cold and CalvinismFrank Bellizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07949066335378651585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post-16852356806339638992008-12-16T11:33:00.000-06:002008-12-16T11:33:00.000-06:00Royce, I suspect there are some similarities betwe...Royce, I suspect there are some similarities between the tracks we've taken. I no longer accept the absolute Arminianism that I grew up with. My experience was that it led to reliance on people and, effectively, a denial of the power of God. Consequently, people did a lot of planning, but not so much praying. The whole time, Christ was saying to his followers, "without me you can do nothing." Our American cultural context teaches us to rely on human initiative; the Bible teaches us to depend on God. <BR/><BR/>As you know, to depend on God does not eliminate human responsibility and activity. But it does get the theological horse in front of the cart.<BR/><BR/>A very Merry Christmas to you as well.Frank Bellizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949066335378651585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post-7350898335336516042008-12-16T11:07:00.000-06:002008-12-16T11:07:00.000-06:00I hear you loud and clear brother. I can't accept ...I hear you loud and clear brother. I can't accept at least some of the points of Calvin. That being said, there are many very troublesome texts for anyone who disagrees with all that Calvinists teach.<BR/><BR/>In the last 10 or 15 years my study of the Word of God has left me leaning more toward Calvin than the opposing view.<BR/><BR/>The wonderful truth is that unity among brothers is only valid because we are brothers, in Christ, not because of doctrinal differences.<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas bro'<BR/>RoyceRoyce Oglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244683471043477041noreply@blogger.com