Pulished on November 21, 2007 • Written by neiswonger
(A response to a friend)
Well it’s a tough one, because those of a Greek orthodox persuasion are very into being Greek, and so the Greek theology is closely tied in with their sense of themselves and their thoughts of their own identity as a people. What I mean is, for them the fact that their […]
Pulished on October 8, 2007 • Written by neiswonger
“You have given us a good explanation, one that many opponents of Calvinism don’t understand. It still doesn’t explain why God chooses some and not others, or rather why he would choose some for destruction. That is left to the inscrutable, hidden, mysterious will of God. Barth pointed out the problem with that, is that […]
Pulished on September 20, 2007 • Written by neiswonger
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 […]
Pulished on September 14, 2007 • Written by neiswonger
(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 […]