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Good because Calvinism doesn't show in the scriptures either.

 

But just yesterday you said:"No No No!!! Not another book to buy as I have too many books."

 

You are kidding right?

 

John....you appear to be a little confused on Calvinism a wee bit. Since Rippon is the bookworm in here maybe he can suggest something. For me....when I started to reach deeper I began with CALVINS Golden Books, I read the 1689 Confessions of Faith, and I read The Doctrines of Grace by James Montgomery Boice for the basics.

After, and only after that did I dig deeper...Pink (you can get lots on line) Martyn Lloyd Jones, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards. But you don't have to be a bookworm......there are tons on line.

 

I heard the clip in question. I understand what you're saying, but I think you're overstating what he did and making him look bad by saying he had no mercy.

He wasn't without mercy, he was just very firm with her.

 

JDF.....yes and he even displayed grace and consern for that woman.....but his confrontational style did not reach her (sadly). If and when we have an audience confronting us regarding Christ as savior, is it right to confront the person as a sinner in such a way as to get the crowd to throw up walls of defence in such a way that in the end they are convinced than ever that Christianity is bogus? I sincerely hope not. Anyway watching that video convinced me that Ray Confort failed to get people excited about how God is in their lives.

Lets examine what happened. This woman Toni, she referenced her daughter's going to church and attempting to understand God....but it was through Roman Catholism. Did he take that as a positive or a negative? What would you have done? Next she stated her husband was an aethiest so would you have addressed that as well.....Ray didn't. Since George Whitefield was an open air preacher also would he have approached it that way...like Ray Comfort? I don't think so!

 

Earlier,when I saw evan's post I thought of these very men. Calvin, Boice, A.W.Pink, D-M-L-J are excellent sources. Packer is another. Sermonaudio.com is a resource not to be neglected. Listen to Michael Barrett, Don Green out of Ky. (He was my Sunday school teacher/pastor when I was a member of Grace Community church years ago.), John MacArthur and so many more.

Go and listen or read S.Lewis Johnson. --The SLJ Institute.

James White's site is wonderful. And there are many posts not authored by him as well on his page. He has sermons on audio.com too. -- Really good,edifying stuff.

There are so many fine,free resources out there. Avail yourself of them.

 

:thumbsup: I believe that is a tendency among a lot of people. We want it explained to us rather than do the work for ourselves. I'm not sure my theology would literally line up with any so-called system, though dispensationalism fits most closely with what I've come to believe through extensive study over the years.

There are those who say these books on theology and systems are absolutely necessary to understand the Bible. I'm not so sure of that. I believe anyone with a good word-for-word translation, an extensive lexicon and a quality concordance can figure it out for themselves, if they have the time to do so.

After all, somebody had to do the original work. How did they do it?

 

Yes however he admitted to being a bit confused by DoG.....so that's why I mentioned The Doctrines of Grace book by James Montgomery Boice.....that one is foundational. Boice wrote it why battling cancer because he felt the world needed it as a explaination for what we believe. He also provides an explaination of Arminianism as a counter balance.

 

What on Earth does having books have to do with whether or not its Biblical?

Are you claiming that Arminians/Finneyists don't write books to help people understand their beliefs?

 

Ever hear the expression, "Methodists are Baptists with shoes" LOL!

 

People have been going to war since time began......so why did you go to War College?

 

I studied war strategies and generals throughout history. I didn't glom onto one general, one theory, and remain stubbornly and irrationally glued to it regardless of how it proved itself out.

 

So somehow you are attempting to make a parallel with Calvinism? In your estimation it has a general, one theory, and that we Calvinists are "stubbornly and irrationally glued to it" huh? How unobservant you are. I would like you to tell us how it has not proven itself out.

 

It appears that you personally have come from an educated family.