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Quick Answers to Calvinism, part 3 (#14-18)

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[Topic of this post: "We can't make ourselves born again."  Click here for part 1 and part 2 .  And okay, let's face it, these will never be as "quick" as I want them to be.  But that's what you get when you try to tackle Calvinism's errors.  (And I guess I'm not ending this blog yet like I planned.  It just keeps going.  I don't know how that happens.)] #14-18:   "We can't make ourselves born again":    (There's some overlap here with other "quick answer" posts, but oh well.  It's important.)   Calvinists say "We can't make ourselves born again, only the Spirit can do that.  And God decides whom to make born again."    As my Calvinist pastor preached in  his February 2024 sermon on being born again: "If anybody is going to end up in the kingdom of God, a person must experience new birth... It may surprise you, [but] there is no command to be born again in the Bible.  In fact, there is no ex

The Occult, Demons, and Free-Will

I wasn't looking for this and usually don't watch videos like this, but it was in a list of suggested videos and caught my interest.  And since it's Halloween, I thought it was worth sharing on my other blogs, especially because she's so real, honest, humble, and matter-of-fact about it.  (I don't like overly sensationalized stories.  And FYI: I haven't watched any other videos of hers but these.) "Halloween warning from an ex-witch (warning heavy talk)"  (26 minutes long) And even better is her testimony about coming to Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior:  "From the occult to Christ"  (8 1/2 minutes long).  So awesome to see her testimony and her journey of faith!   But what really caught my attention - what made me think to also share this video on my anti-Calvinism blog - is when she said that during a Reiki session, some witches told her that they saw her spirit guides and that the spirit guides want to "help align your chakra about

The Bible vs. Calvinism: An Overview by Patrick Myers (a great resource)

A friend of mine recently sent me a link to an article that she says is one of the best overviews of Calvinism and its errors that she's read.  And after reading it, I agree.  I think it's a great one to share with others because it's got all the basics in one place: The Bible vs. Calvinism: An Overview by Patrick Myers There are some great rebuttals to Calvinist proof-texts in here, and some eye-opening quotes from Calvinists.  Something like this might help Calvinists understand what their theology really teaches and what the Bible really  teaches - and that these aren't saying the same thing.   FYI: If you click on the "about/contact" link at the bottom of the article, you can send him an email to request a PDF copy of his article.   And after I contacted him by email to tell him how much I appreciated his article, he graciously put a link to my blog at the bottom.  Thank you, Patrick, that was very kind of you. 😊

Snippets to Ponder, part 3 (#14-19)

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[Topics in this post: C.S. Lewis; Restrictions on Calvinist wives; Total depravity; Calvinism IS in the Bible; Cults and hobbits; parables and the non-elect.  Click here for part 1   and  part 2 .] #19:  #18:   Be careful, Calvinist wives, about what books or resources you read in front of your husbands, especially if he follows Calvinist  Joel Webbon  (Right Response Ministries, see Faith on Fire's video  "Pulpit Narcissism vs. Godly Women" ):  "Husbands, be very vigilant with your wives and what they are reading and what they are listening to... one of the primary and most common ways that good, godly women get derailed is women's Bible studies.  They go to a study  without men .  And a woman is teaching this study, and she is not only teaching but also being taught... and little by little by little, the study is not sound.  It's not faithful to the Scripture.  And the husband thinks he's doing his duty because he's outsourced his wife's theolog