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I still don't see why you object to doctrine. Doctrines are to me beliefs based solely on the Bible. When we come to believe them, God works in our heart the new birth by the Holy Spirit through Jesus' death and resurrection. Doctrines aren't bad unless they're based on other ideas than the...

God saves the whole person forever, I believe. For 66 years since I was 16, God has preserved my faith and enabled me to persevere in it. See book What God Has Done: My True, Dramatic God-Biography.) He has been with me to survive a dysfunctional family when I grew up, the death of our second...

You're right, Christian friend. When I retired from being a pastor 16 years ago, God gave me the ministry of being a published author and has added an online ministry more recently. I eagerly look forward to my life in the new universe with Jesus and all his saints but really enjoy him in the...

Doctrine based solely on the whole of Scripture is correct. Point out one doctrine in Calvinism that you think is unbiblical, and let's discuss it. I prefer to get specific.

If I use the word "belief," would that make any difference? Is it the word that offends you or its meaning?

Read Jesus' discussions with the crowds in John 6, 8, and 10. He believes in OSAS rightly understood; so do I.

OSAS doesn't mean that at all, dear brother! Ephesians 2:8-10: Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, Eph 2:9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ...

Yes, perseverance is also preservation of believers from two viewpoints, ours and God's.

The Good News is the sincere offer of salvation through Jesus for all who believe and trust in him as the only way to the Father's acceptance. What is unbiblical about that offer?

I suggest that everyone read John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion instead of books about Calvinism to get to the original source rather than filters that try to interpret it for the reader.

Of course, it's biblical, or I wouldn't have joined and become a pastor in the Christian Reformed Church. What is unbiblical about it in your estimation?

The Reformed faith founded on the Bible offers that Good News to all people. Why do you think we don't preach and teach the Good News that Jesus died for our justification and rose from the dead for our new life to present believers as "not-guilty" for the Father's verdict that he laid on Jesus...

And undoubtedly we're both feeling the effects of old age.

What "Reformed thread"?? Where is it?

Amen!!

I pray that God will comfort you and your loved ones in your loss. And I pray that God will bring good out of Ray's death--spiritual growth for the Christians and salvation for the unbelievers.

Why do you merely quote commentators from the 1800s instead of addressing the Bible passages directly? I'm just curious. I think that this question deals with the "already-not yet" teachings of the Good News. We are "already" new creations in Christ in principle, but God's process has "not yet"...

With all due respect for your opinions, why do you dismiss the "reformed" believers as having "no gospel"? I'm Reformed and Calvinistic; please explain your claim so that we can discuss it. I'm just curious how you came to that conclusion, which you state so definitely, when I know that it's not...

We need to examine the Bible passages in context that support both positions and decide which has the stronger support. Then, we need to agree to disagree about these less important issues and concentrate on the basic ones on which we do agree.

The Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses put themselves outside of the Christian faith from their beginnings by rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity; most cults do because of their leaders' authority. The Roman Catholic Church, however, still believes in the Triune God, but I differ sharply with...