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The Five Points of Calvinism

The Five points of Calvinism. 
You know the whole ‘5 points’ thing is kind of funny. John Calvin never had five points. While I really think he would have agreed with them, his was mainly an exegetical way of looking at what he thought Scripture was saying about some very important things. I think that if […]

Calvinism? Really?

 (A response to a friend)
I’m an Augustinian.  Poor and ragged as we might be.
The essence of Calvinism is that the effective cause of the salvation of the sinner is the Grace of God, mercifully given in Jesus Christ, and not some pre-existing good found in the sinner apart from God.  I appreciate your taking the […]