JACK: I read the Wikipedia article on "Calvinism," and there are some minor areas with which I would disagree. While there are many who hold to the Doctrines of Grace are also covenantal theologian, that is not always the case. I happen to be a dispensationalist. It is also true that some--and I think very few--hold to a double predestintation. I don't! Nor do all Calvinists hold to the Regulative Principle in worship. I do agree when it reads that Calvinist hold to , "...the priority of Scripture as a source of authority," and "Each of these theologians also understood salvation to be by grace alone." I was not aware of the category of "New Calvinists" that the site listed. I would identify with most of the men listed in that paragraph.
KINGJ: Don't you realize that nobody would be saved if you witnessed to them truthfully about your belief as I quoted it in post #117.
JACK: I do witness to people truthfully and people are saved. If what you say is true, the Reformation never happened. All the first generation Reformers--which the wikipedia article also said--preached this message faithfully against the free willism and works redemption of the Catholic Church, and Europe erupted in revival. The darkness of Catholicism was pulled back and thousand came to the Lord. I think history very clearly demonstrates the error of your statement. The fact that you would make such a statement, again, suggests to me that you have some pretty wrong understandings of what the Doctrines of Grace are.
KINGJ: Don't you realize that nobody would be saved if you witnessed to them truthfully about your belief as I quoted it in post #117.
JACK: I do witness to people truthfully and people are saved. If what you say is true, the Reformation never happened. All the first generation Reformers--which the wikipedia article also said--preached this message faithfully against the free willism and works redemption of the Catholic Church, and Europe erupted in revival. The darkness of Catholicism was pulled back and thousand came to the Lord. I think history very clearly demonstrates the error of your statement. The fact that you would make such a statement, again, suggests to me that you have some pretty wrong understandings of what the Doctrines of Grace are.