The Anti-Calvinist Rant

The City Harmonic will always be my favorite band.  I owe them a lot.  They are a huge part of why I didn't give up on life when I was going through my worst years ever.  In heaven, they're gonna be some of the first people I hug and say "Thank you" to.   Here are two songs I love from them: Fell Apart (One of the best opening lines ever: "Put me back together, I fell apart."  Can anyone else relate?) Praise the Lord    (This really is a key in getting through the hard times with your faith intact: Praise the Lord.  Sometimes, it's the only way you can "win" the battle.)

(This is the last part of the TULIP posts.  For the whole TULIP post,  click here .) 5.  Perseverance of the Saints I agree with Calvinists in principle on this point, but not for the reasons they say.    This point - this TULIP petal - basically boils down to “you can’t lose your salvation” (the only part I agree with), b ut where I  stop agreeing with them is their belief that the reason the elect can't lose their salvation is because God predestined them for heaven, causes them to believe, and will cause them to persevere in the faith all the way to the end of their lives.    This  sounds  good (if not for the fact that its foundation is an unbiblical view of predestination) and it brings Calvinists a lot of comfort in their “eternal security,” that if God predestined them for heaven and caused them to believe then they can never lose their faith/salvation. But there’s a problem: This is only  if  they are truly one of the elect, and Calvinists cannot know for sure whether or no