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White horses and a cup of tea (part 3)

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[I'm working my way through this slowly.  Click here for  part 1  and  part 2  of this series.  This isn't really related to Calvinism (but there is a touch of it in here).  It's just personal.]  First, here's The White Horse Parable again (my version): A man and his son owned a field that they farmed for a living.  And one day, they found a white horse in the field. "Oh, what a blessing," said the farmer.  "A free horse." But then the horse started tearing up their plants.   "Oh, this is terrible.  What a curse!" cried the farmer.   But then they caught the horse and tamed it and were able to use it to farm the field. "Oh, what a blessing," said the farmer. But then the son was thrown off the horse, broke both arms, and couldn't farm for months, reducing their sales and income. "Oh, what a curse," said the farmer. "I wish this horse never came to us.  Why, God?  Why!?!" But then a war started, and the ...
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Mike R. at The Comment Corral

Here's a comment from Mike R. in this post on my comment blog : Hello my name is Mike.  I live in Seabrook Tx.  I have been attending a large church in the Houston area for about a year or so.  I have visited other churches but quickly realized they were reformed or Calvinistic.  I have been reading and listening intently to the new pastor and other speakers since visiting this new church to determine their views and beliefs on Calvinism but have not been able to hear any catch phrases that would be a dead giveaway.  It's almost as though they are riding the fence on that topic.  I hear the gospel preached.  I see people respond but still not certain.  Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.  Mike  ps this is my first post. And here's my reply (the longer version I tried to email him, not the shorter one on my comment blog, but I added a few extra notes here and updated it a bit): Hi Mike, Thank you for your comment and questi...
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