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| | Calvinism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | For the Calvinist Christian, all of life is the Christian religion. | | | Reformed churches: denominations that have historically adhered to Calvinist doctrine. | | | The doctrine of unconditional election, and its corollary in the doctrine of predestination are never properly taught, according to Calvinists, except as an assurance to those who seek forgiveness and salvation through Christ, that their faith is not in vain, because God is able to bring to completion all whom He intends to save. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism
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| | Calvinism Critiqued by a Former Calvinist |
| | Calvinists and other believers in "eternal security" argue that real apostasy of a born-again person is an impossibility because Christ said that his sheep "shall never perish." This does not follow. | | | Calvinists frequently will refer to man as a "walking spiritual corpse." You can no more get a spiritually dead man to respond to the gospel than you can get a literal corpse to learn Euclidian geometry. | | | Calvinists will tell us that man is as passive in the new birth as an infant is in literal birth. |
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http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/openhse/calvinism.html
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| | MSN Encarta - Calvinism |
| | French Calvinists founded the Huguenot movement (see Huguenots), which was suppressed by the Roman Catholic church. | | | Its central tenets include belief in the absolute sovereignty of God and the doctrine of justification by faith alone (see Faith). | | | Calvinist doctrine lies within the Pauline and Augustinian theological tradition. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761566731/Calvinism.html
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| | Reformation: John Calvin |
| | This mean that individuals were "elected" for salvation by God; this "elect" would form the population of the Calvinist church. | | | Calvin, on the other hand, built his reformed church on the concept that salvation was not a choice, but was rather pre-decided by God from the beginning of time. | | | In Geneva, these foreign reformers adopted the more radical Calvinist doctrines; most of them had arrived as moderate Reformers and left as thorough-going Calvinists. |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/CALVIN.HTM
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| | Why I am A Calvinist |
| | It is actually wrong to call Calvinists "Calvinist" because they are doing nothing other than using the same body of doctrine that Calvin used, who in turn copied Augustine, who in turn copied the church fathers and they, who in turn, followed Christ and the Apostles. | | | The fourth doctrine of grace, or Calvinistic doctrine, is Irresistible Grace. | | | Calvinism is not adherence to a person, but to a set of beliefs which are rightly in accord with the Bible. |
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http://www.apuritansmind.com/TULIP/WhyIAmACalvinist.htm
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| | The Rough Woodsman: Are you a Post-Calvinist? |
| | Calvinists must account for this if it is going to have any integrity to the church, the Bible, and to life — and if it is going to do justice to truth, beauty, and goodness. | | | A Post-Calvinist affirms that Calvinistic worship should be in the beauty of holiness. | | | A Post-Calvinist denies that Calvinistic worship is usually done in the beauty of holiness. |
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http://www.theroughwoodsman.com/archives/001822.html
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| | Five points of Calvinism: TULIP defined |
| | The Calvinist would therefore deny the doctrines which assert that Christ dies for the whole world, including those who reject Him to their own damnation. | | | The Calvinist therefore denies the common doctrine that men naturally hunger to know God, or that men and women naturally desire Him. | | | As a logical extension of the foregoing, the Calvinist asserts that the elect cannot fall away. |
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http://inin.essortment.com/fivepointsofc_puq.htm
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| | Calvinism |
| | In the matter of the organization of the church Calvinists have generally agreed on the view that the church is to be governed by elders, those who teach and those who rule or supervise, elected by the church. | | | On the other hand, Calvinists have also allowed for the pluriformity of the church, recognizing that the church is not perfect, but have also insisted that there must be basic uniformity or congruence of doctrine. | | | But all agree that as far as possible the outward, visible unity of the church should be maintained, for all Christians are members of the one body of Christ. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/text/calvinis.htm
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| | Why I Am Not A Calvinist [Free Republic] |
| | While Calvinists pride themselves in believing their doctrine is God centered and God honoring (while Bible believers are holding a man-centered Gospel), they misrepresent God and the Bible. | | | The Calvinist’s error is in his stretching the parallel between physical death and spiritual death. | | | I have been accused of blasphemy and worse for merely suggesting that Calvin was a sinner and that Calvinism is not the Gospel and that Jesus was not a Calvinist and that Calvinism in many of its points is not biblical unless you carry a Calvinistic mindset into your study of the scriptures. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b7601672a00.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Calvinism |
| | To Calvinists the Church system was an outward life beneath which the Holy Spirit might be present or absent, not according to the dispositions brought by the faithful, but as grace was decreed. | | | Beza declared that "prayer to the saints destroys the unity of God." The Dutch Calvinists affirmed of them, as the Epicureans of their deities, that they knew nothing about what passes on earth. | | | Wherever the Reformers triumphed, a wholesale destruction of shrines and relics took place. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03198a.htm
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| | CGR: calvinist salvation question |
| | I was raised somewhat in a Calvinist church. | | | He's asking the Calvinists of the board whether they came to Christ within a Calvinistic worldview, or if they were noncalvinistic Christians at some time. | | | I'd say that probably all the Calvinists here (myself included) would definitly say that we are Christians, not Calvinists.. |
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http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45512
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| | Arminian/Calvinist? |
| | Being a Baptist church, this new church believed that salvation was eternal and were moderate Calvinists. | | | Well, the Calvinists say that Israel equals the church, therefore Christ only died for Spiritual Israel. | | | This article is not written to slander or diminish the spirituality of those who hold to either the Arminian or Calvinist positions. |
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http://www.peterlaitres.net/arminian_calvinist.htm
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| | Founders Ministries Blog: Every Calvinist's dream...and wake up call |
| | But the verse that is most devastating for Calvinists is verse 2. | | | It is sad to say, but there are a good number of Calvinist (internet Calvinist as Phil Johnson calls them) who forget the all-important love factor that is at the foundation of our faith. | | | Unfortunately, he went on to say, many of the ones he knows are some of the most arrogant...which I think definitely qualifies as an unloving attribute. |
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http://www.founders.org/blog/2005/09/every-calvinists-dreamand-wake-up-call.html
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| | The Subtle Errors of Covenant/Calvinist Theology |
| | Strangely, while the Calvinist prides himself in being a stalwart defender of God's sovereignty, he limits what God the Father is capable of doing. | | | In spite of their doctrinal superiority over both Romanists as well as all-flavors of Arminians, the Calvinist's impoverished view of depravity, together with the misapplication of Israel's New Covenant regeneration, seriously cripples believers and twists their understanding of Christ's work of redemption. | | | Although covenant theology as a separate field is as old [young] as the Reformation, and specifically the Calvinist wing, it has never been definitively outlined before. |
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http://withchrist.org/covtheo.htm
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| | The Many Warnings of Scripture |
| | The Calvinist claims that non-Christians do not have the power to discern the truth of such a warning until they are born again. | | | Since these many passages of Scripture go directly against the Calvinist belief system, they must then be nullified for the sake of their tradition. | | | If you came to a Calvinist and warned him that if he does not hold on to the faith what would his response be? |
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http://www.angelfire.com/realm/raised-to-life/Articles/P/Warnings.html
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| | The effect of Calvin on Paul's life |
| | The Calvinists believe that God has already chosen the "elect," those who are going to heaven and who will be saved. | | | You also claim that "Calvinists believe that God has already chosen the "elite," those who are going to heaven and who will be saved. | | | Being a Calvinist myself, I took interest in your theories regarding the theology of Calvinists. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4925/Calvin.html
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| | Calvinist Gadfly |
| | Those who are non-Calvinists (and Calvinists) I would suggest contacting Dave Hunt encouraging him to apologize for his unnecessary division in the church on this matter, click here to contact him. | | | Earlier in the year the controversy was over how Dave Hunt rejects the trustworthiness of some parts of Scripture; now he is saying that those who came to believe in Christ from a Calvinist understanding of grace are not saved. | | | And if you were a non-Calvinist when you became a believer, but down the road you became a Calvinist, you are embracing a false gospel, but your still saved…go figure. |
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http://www.calvinistgadfly.com
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| | Discussions with a Calvinist |
| | The difference in Arminian and Calvinist thought on the topic is that Calvinists do not believe that unregenerate man will desire to repent, he will not desire to come, and that the faith to believe comes from God, it is not (nor can it be)self generated. | | | Asa Calvinist I can tell you that we believe that NO ONE is saved unless they repent, and come to Christ in faith. | | | (Salvation - justification - is viewed as Monergistic rather than Synergistic) Eternal life is a free gift, but Calvinists make it free in every aspect. |
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http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/dwc_teresa1.html
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| | Crazy Calvinist’s Theology |
| | He didn’t invent it, the words inspired by God in the Holy Bible is the basis for true religion, i.e.. | | | It is THE system of Biblical doctrine that was unearthed and set abroad by the power of God after being buried for over a 1,000 years and hidden and concealed all that time under the tyranny, oppression and apostasy of the Popish church. | | | Anyone who calls oneself a Calvinist, is not following John Calvin as the founder of there faith. |
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http://www.crazycalvinist.me.uk
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| | Who can call themselves a Calvinist? |
| | You cannot call yourself a Calvinist if you are a dispensationalist, if you reject covenant theology, if your church isn't ruled by a plurality of elders, if you won't baptize covenant babies, etc., because he did and stated the biblical case for it all. | | | In fact, I would not want to be called a Calvinist because Covenant Theology is just the flip side of the legalistic coin. | | | Though I'm a Presbyterian and believe all of the things Mark enumerates, I am more than happy to identify myself as being on the same team as C. Spurgeon in regards to these matters. |
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http://theologica.worldmagblog.com/theologica/archives/2005/09/who_can_call_th.html
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| | Book Review -- Why I Am Not a Calvinist |
| | Their points are familiar -- Calvinists who resort to "you're defaming God's glory" as a bludgeon; those that appeal to "antinomy" when they are really preaching contradictions; an asusmption that sovereignty means microbial control -- it's all here in chest-thumping glory. | | | The aspect of this book that haunts me the most is that it reminded me of so much of what I've already written in my series on TULIP (and as well in my essay on Sola Scriptura. | | | Written in an easy conversational style (the authors call themselves Jerry and Joe in the text!), Why I Am Not a Calvinist gently and with great panache explores the weaknesses of Calvinism and its proponents. |
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http://www.tektonics.org/books/whynotcalv.html
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| | Challies Dot Com: Calvinist Theology = Biblical Theology: Addendum |
| | So to sum, rather than "Calvinist Theology=Biblical Theology" or "Calvinist Theology=The Gospel", I'd say "Calvinist Theology=the Theology about certain things which I think is most faithful to the Bible's teaching on these things... | | | But even more important to the article is the conclusion that I am a Calvinist precisely because I believe that Calvinist theology is the theology of the Bible. | | | I do not understand why people sneer at my assurance that Calvinist theology = the Gospel, for I would hope that they have similar assurance that the theology they hold to is Biblical. |
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http://challies.com/archives/000757.php
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| | Challies Dot Com: Calvinist Theology = Biblical Theology |
| | I was blessed at age 30 to come to saving faith in a RCA church, where pastors teach the Bible, period. | | | I place the highest value on the Scripture and it is my desire to adhere to the doctrines that most closely align with the Bible. | | | A belief that Calvinist theology is Biblical theology does not mean I am above reproach and that I can never question parts of the theology. |
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http://www.challies.com/archives/000756.php
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| | He Lives |
| | This liaison was taboo with the Anabaptists, and caused a severe strain, especially with Zwingli who, as we noted earlier, not only depended on the state for financial support of his church but also viewed the militia as something of an arm of the church. | | | Which sacrament is, by Christ's own appointment, to be continued in His Church until the end of the world. | | | Only the elect will be regenerated by grace, come to faith in Christ, and receive the gift of salvation. |
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http://helives.blogspot.com
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| | Calvinist,concerning Hyper-Calvinism.... - www.ezboard.com |
| | My impression of a Hyper Calvinist would fit the Presbyterian Dr. Kennedy as I was in his E.E. out reach in a Baptist Church, his opinion is the 'elect' will get saved regardless of what kind of gospel they hear or what Christ is preached. | | | All of the doctrines are linked together and are part of the counsel of God. | | | I am sure it was Arthur Pink who wrote about the many labels he had to endure in his day. |
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http://p206.ezboard.com/fsonsofgodfrm28.showMessage?topicID=10.topic
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| | Those Terrible "Calvinist Baptists" - Pros Apologian |
| | I am still shaking my head that the former "Calvinist Baptist" could ever think this e-mail was even semi-accurate and relevant, but then again, when you are busily doing all you can to justify your continued defection from what you once said was true, this kind of thing is sadly common. | | | Fortunately, God has made it clear that it is all about Jesus in 1 Cor. | | | While my focus is primarily upon the issue of Roman Catholic inclusivism for the debate tomorrow night, I couldn't help but run into an e-mail written to the Internet Monk regarding his former view that "Calvinism is Cool," asserting just the opposite. |
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http://www.aomin.org/index.php?itemid=465
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| | Responses to the Calvinist |
| | The Calvinist would have us to believe that we are dead, unconscious, unresponsive, and unaware, just as are those bodies lying in the cemeteries, yet Christ said they could hear. | | | Now, please consider some inconsistencies with the Calvinistic interpretation of this verse: This verse is given without qualifications; therefore, the application is unqualified and unbound, even by time. | | | Many are indexed by the Scriptures that are central to their question. |
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http://insearchoftruth.org/articles/responses_to_calvinism.html
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Why I Am Not a Calvinist |
| | Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism > Calvinist | | | Sure, the book is not enough to persuade most Calvinists to switch (God Himself could not do that... | | | It is hard to convert a Calvinist away form their position. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0830832491?v=glance
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| | Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: ID as a Calvinist Movement |
| | In response to Will S., by describing a general "Calvinist" descent into deism and secularism it is clear that I am not arguing that Deists and Secularists are Calvinists. | | | There was no ad hominem in my post, and I don't understand how a heresy can or should be judged on the basis of its orthodoxy or how a Calvinist might not attack the Church on the basis of its heresies as Calvinists wrongly perceive them. | | | I'm the one who posted the earlier comments; I'm Calvinist. |
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http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2005/09/id_as_a_calvini.html
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| | JOLLYBLOGGER: Why It's Cool to Be a Calvinist |
| | Ultimately, I am a Calvinist because I had no choice in the matter. | | | A charismatic Calvinist like me (PGEpps knows what I mean). | | | It's a good thing that Calvanists can't lose their salvation, otherwise I'd have real problems growing up in the Presbyterian church but now pastoring in a Pentecostal/Charismatic (with leanings toward certain aspects of Methodism) one! |
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http://jollyblogger.typepad.com/jollyblogger/2005/06/why_its_cool_to.html
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| | Discussions with a Calvinist |
| | is contrary to Calvinistic doctrine which teaches that the elect were never objects of wrath since that would mean that God changed his mind about them. | | | In fact if it weren't in the Bible I would think this would be heresy to a Calvinist. | | | But since under Calvinism God never changes his mind therefore they were never actually objects of wrath, contrary to what the Bible says. |
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http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/dwc_darin.html
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| | Thinklings » Blog Archive » “Calvinist” vs. “Reformed” |
| | What I have seen in my “conversion” as at the heart of the Reformed tradition is its emphasis on the utter sovereignty of God, especially in election — that my salvation is ultimately not about what I can do, but about what God has done. | | | To not agree with the L or the I of TULIP logically means fudging a bit on the T and the U. I don’t mean that people can’t disbelieve in limited atonement and what-not. | | | When I mentioned to a friend that I was planning to write a book about being a Calvinist, he urged me to use a different label. |
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http://thinklings.org/index.php?p=1605&more=1&c=1
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| | CALVINISTIC DOCTRINE INDEX |
| | Not so much as an attempt to defend Calvinist doctrine but rather to tear away the nonsense which some people confuse with it. | | | A non Calvinist friend of mine has posed the following questions…I seek to answer them here. | | | What is the difference between a Calvinist and a hyper Calvinist? |
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http://www.geocities.com/cfpchurch/calvinismindex.html
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| | Crazy Calvinist |
| | For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh-- | | | Well, most of my church family have been aware, how the Sabbath has been a day that has seemed particularly rife for attack by the enemy. | | | A 49-year-old woman in Scotland passed away in 1999, only the third starvation death among the world's alleged 5,000 disciples of Australian Ellen Greve who follow a no-food, no-water, "breatharian" diet. |
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http://crazycalvinist.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_crazycalvinist_archive.html
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| | Calvinist Judgment Day |
| | Calvinists believe only those God chose before the creation of the world will be given a special kind of faith called "saving" faith and all those whom he did not choose do not have "saving" faith. | | | Calvinism teaches that only those who God chose before the creation of the world have the possibility of entering heaven. | | | SCENE: Judgment Day at the Throne of God. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/realm/raised-to-life/Articles/CJudgment.html
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| | A Defense of Calvinism |
| | If the doctrine be true, that He died for all men, then He died for some who were in hell before He came into this world, for doubtless there were even then myriads there who had been cast away because of their sins. | | | That seems to me a conception a thousand times more repulsive than any of those consequences which are said to be associated with the Calvinistic and Christian doctrine of special and particular redemption. | | | If anyone should ask me what I mean by a Calvinist, I should reply, "He is one who says, Salvation is of the Lord. |
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http://www.spurgeon.org/calvinis.htm
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| | Spurgeon.US Forums - Viewing Topic: You know...Spurgeon was a Calvinist! |
| | He was a Calvinist whose only point of difference was that he believed election was according to the foreknowledge of God as opposed to being according to the determinate foreknowledge of God! | | | I thought, not only is that an outright falsehood (I am no Arminian, neither am I a Calvinist in the strictest sense) but to give me a label of heresy as well, a heresy that has got nothing to do with my views, well that's just out of order. | | | I am not as Calvinist as Spurgeon was, yet I still greatly admire his ministry, he teaching, and the tremednous way that he was used of God. |
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http://www.spurgeon.us/forums/index.php?a=topic&t=6
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| | Calvinist beliefs |
| | From what I could gather as far as the beliefs of the Calvinists, they can probably be summerized below (if I am in error, please correct my response) |
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http://www.exmormon.org/boards/honestboard/messages/2791.html
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| | Marc Carpenter Is NOT a Calvinist - Pros Apologian |
| | Marc Carpenter Is NOT a Calvinist - Pros Apologian | | | Marc Carpenter of outsidethecamp.org has written another article, "responding" to my comments on his e-mail in which he judges my heart and declares me an unregenerate unbeliever. | | | In reading this response, we learn that though Carpenter believes in the "five points" he is not, in fact, a Calvinist, let alone a hyper-Calvinist. |
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http://www.aomin.org/index.php?itemid=256
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| | UPNE The Calvinist Roots of the Modern Era |
| | Many of America's philosophical, social, and religious traditions are founded upon Calvinist beliefs, and that heritage inevitably permeates our literature, too. | | | With fresh illuminations of the works of Marianne Moore, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth Bishop, Kate Chopin, and others, this book cuts across disciplines, periods, and genres to examine the presence of such Calvinist concepts as election, conversion experiences, duty, sexual repression, and apocalypse. | | | The editors conclude that, rather than being a monolithic force, Calvinism has "instead been dynamic, as different writers redefine and restructure it to fit their purposes and beliefs." |
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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~upne/0-87451-807-5.html
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| | Reluctant Calvinist (If there can be such a thing).... |
| | Before I qualify that, let me tell you what kind of Calvinist I am NOT. 1) I am not the kind of Calvinist that identifies myself as such, i.e. | | | However, I cannot fully subscribe to Calvinism (and hence the "reluctant" part) as there is sufficient scripture to put Calvin's TULIP into disrepute, i.e. | | | Reluctant Calvinist (If there can be such a thing).... |
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http://hirenny.mindsay.com/?entry=3
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| | The Wilderness : Why I Am Not A Calvinist - A Review |
| | However, in my opinion, the process is incomplete unless one also (as I am doing) reads the companion volume, "Why I Am Not an Arminian." | | | You are currently not logged in at Life with Christ | | | Bringing Scripture to bear on such topics as the sovereignty of God and the nature of salvation, the authors discuss the positions of both Calvinists and Arminians along with the perceived flaws of the former and the advantages of the latter. |
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http://wilderness.lifewithchrist.org/permalink/9821
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| | Calvinist Cadets always there for you |
| | For information on the New Lenox Calvinist Cadets group, call New Life Church, (815) 462-0202. | | | Christian Scouts: Participate in activities other troops do, but with a religious focus | | | This fall the group has 73 boys, Buikema said. |
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http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/sunpub/lway/top/j05lwscouts.htm
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| | Cadet Info Sheet |
| | The Calvinist Cadet Corps is an independent youth ministry organization whose purpose is to provide the local church with a ministry program that will enable them to share Christ's love with boys from their church and community. | | | The basis of the Calvinist Cadet Corps is the Word of God (the Bible) according to the concepts expressed in the Heidelberg Catechism, the Canons of Dort, and the Belgic Confession. | | | It is a member of a non denominational Organization known as : |
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http://www.teeninga.com/cadets.html
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| | The Story of Nikki Tatom: Three Hot Calvinist Guys |
| | So, to say they, along with myself want a "hot" calvinist guy means, at least to me, they will stand up for what they believe in and that what they believe is consistent with the Reformed tradition. | | | Yeah, so Calvinist guys are much hotter becuase at least you can throw in the whole sovereignty of God thing when you want to break up with them. | | | This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. |
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http://nikkitatom.blogspot.com/2005/01/three-hot-calvinist-guys.html
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| | Conversations With A Calvinist |
| | Social Justice is, predominantly, a Hebraic concept: the Greek formulations of the Judaeo-Christian faith (we call them creeds) don't mention it ('cos they were put together by Pharisees, ancient and modern)... | | | Your self-confessed Calvinistic bias puts you at a serious disadvantage here. |
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http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/9218.htm
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