I'd like to know which churches you attend.
I'm still looking for a good church in this area, and although I consider myself Baptist, I've even tried a reformed Presbyterian church out of desperation to hear the Bible taught accurately. IMO they did teach it accurately, and - to their credit - they were very much into outreach and evangelism, which is something people seem to say is foreign to Presbys.
But it wasn't "home", so I didn't stay there.
Regardless, I haven't heard anything preached from the pulpit about the wrath of God in ages.
npetreley, First Baptist of Lake Orion, MI. Pastor is from DBTS. You will find like manner preaching in all grads from that seminary. Must be a Texas thing?
All free willers are concerned about numbers, and not about truth? npet your in a world I am afraid I don't know about. However you seem to be very bitter and hateful towards those that do not hold to calvin's teaching. That is a lot of hate brother.
Because that is what we ALL deserve.
Judgement.
The only reason the elect aren't judged is because God has mercy on them, not because they don't deserve it. </font>[/QUOTE]Where in here does it say that the elect won't be judged?
Rev 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rev 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
I think that the tendency for churches to ignore or water down this point is a key factor in why free willism has spread like a contagious disease. </font>[/QUOTE]You might be on too something there. I think that there is much more to God then anger, wrath and judgement. Guess I like to hear about the Mercy, Love and Grace also. I find however though that most churches, specially reformed/calvinist tend to concentrate on only the former. </font>[/QUOTE]Perhaps, you might be on to something here.
I don't know for sure since I have never been to your Church.
It is possible that some Churches focus too much on God's wrath and very little on his grace and mercy.
The flip side is also true of many free-will Churches I have attended, where they focus heavily on the love and mercy of God while ignoring the wrath of God as if it didn't exist.
Most Calvinists, however, that I have met, read, and listened to, know that there is no grace without wrath, and focus on both equally.
You see, what is so incredible and amazing about the grace of God is that we deserved the wrath of God, and instead, recieved his grace.
IMO, there's no point in preaching God's love and mercy without preaching God's righteousness and wrath.
Why should I care about God's mercy unless I first know why I need it?
How does it not fit into Calvinism? </font>[/QUOTE]Calvinists don't believe that a changed life and an abiding in Christ are necessary for salvation, do they?
Dr. James M. Boice was called home at the age of 62 on June 15, 2000, after an illness of cancer.
Unless his sermons are being continually replayed on tape, a la J. Vernon McGee or some others, on some formats, this would be why you are no longer able to hear him on the radio.
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints."
For those of you who claim to be the "elect", I wonder if you were predestine to believe that, when in reality in the end God will say "I was just fooling around" you really are not the elect!! I pray that God in His mercy will save all those who choose to believe from the heart, not sit around waiting to see if I am one of them.