The Anti-Calvinist Rant

I am appalled at the Monster God of Calvinism.  The God who, they say, causes sin and wickedness, but who punishes us for it.  Who loves and died for only the random handful of people He predestined for heaven.  Who predetermined that most people would go right to hell, never even paying for their sins on the cross or giving them a chance to be saved.  Who is supposedly glorified by putting people in hell.  Who causes all the horrible things in life, even abuse and cancer and natural disasters, supposedly for your good and His glory. The God of Calvinism is a monster!  So I thank God that it's not what the real God of the Bible is like.  What Jesus is really like.  (Never let anyone convince you that Calvinism is the Gospel!  Read the Bible for yourself, and you'll see that it's not true!) So what is God really like?  What is Jesus really like? T hese songs show the kind of Jesus I serve!  Why I love Him so much!  And I ...

(I had this post on my other blog, but it fits right in with all the anti-Calvinism/anti-predestination posts that I am writing.  For more on that, see "Links To My Anti-Calvinism Posts" .)             James 1:2-4 :   “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.   Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”             I am reading a book right now by a woman who lost her mother to cancer.   And she is struggling with the common Christian idea that all trials and tragedies are “gifts from God, meant for our good” and that we are to be thankful for them.               Are we supposed to accept infertility, fatal car accidents, chronically-ill children, divorce, disease, cancer, natural d...

(This is a repost from awhile ago.  It's the point that I came to after all the pain of the worst summer I ever had, 2016.  But if this is where all that pain led me to, then I don't regret it.  You'll see what I mean.  The reason I am reposting it here on my Anti-Calvinism blog is because it shows one reason why I deeply love the Lord and am very concerned about properly representing Him to people who are hurting.  Calvinism misrepresents God terribly.  It turns God into a God who can't be trusted, who isn't truly loving, who isn't fair or righteous or just, who is a liar, etc.  Who could possibly want a relationship with a God like that!?!  But my God - the God and Jesus I have come to know and love, even when life is hard - is a God who can be trusted!  And that's why I am taking such a strong stand for the God of the Bible, who is most definitely not the God of Calvinism.  If you have trouble trusting God, it might not be God you d...

I deleted this post because most of the links don't seem to work anymore.   Instead, check out some of my memes,  starting here

Click here for the slightly updated version of the post: Can You Lose Your Salvation?

I am always thankful for Tony Evans' preaching.  He understands the Word and God's character correctly.  He preaches a view of God and Scripture that accurately reflects truth, that affects us and our faith in practical ways, that fills me with hope, and that  makes sense ! Unlike Calvinism.  Unlike my Calvinist pastor.   I have been so discouraged by the constant hammering of Calvinism at our church - the sick twisting of Scripture, the damaging distortion of God's good character and amazing gifts, the hopelessness that Calvinism is - that I don't listen to our pastor anymore.  Because when I did, it would leave me angry for days.  (Angry ... but motivated to see what the Bible really says.  So that's a good thing.) And so I listen to Tony Evans' sermons online instead.  And it feels like a breath of fresh air.  Like I can breathe again.  Like I am not so crazy for disagreeing with Calvinism.  Because Calvinism is wrong! ...