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Steve, I have not, and will not, misrepresent what anyone states on this board or anywhere else. What people mean is another matter and something that I cannot know. @Anthony D'Arienzo made it very clear that Calvinism is the gospel. He clarified when Calvinism is rightly understood then it is...

Some of it is. But some is not. The theory did not exist until the 16th century. Some have decided that the best approach is to rewrite history and make the early church distinctly Calvinistic and the Early Church Father's as teaching Penal Substitution Theory. This may have flown decades ago...

No. Not common ground. Atheists don't believe in infant baptism either :D .

Yes. Calvin did not believe that those who hold baptist beliefs should be permitted to live within the authority of his church. But to be fair, the only Reformer who was opposed to infant baptism was Zwingli and he conceded the argument. During the Reformation period the baptist distinctive...

Not all but most. Baptists are indebted noy only to baptistic faiths but also to Reformed belief. Recently more baptists (and, interesting, Calvinists) have been trying to rework their view of the Atonement. That is one reason it has become a "hot topic" among baptists and Reformed churches...

No. I'm also a baptist so I do not agree with infant baptism, the State as an arm of the Church, or "Christendom". But without PST there is no Calvinism. It was Calvin's reform of Aquinas' doctrine and is the foundation for the "Doctrines of Grace". As a philosophy I agree with a lot of...

A preacher (or a pastor?) that believes nowhere us it written that Jesus is God. :(

Yes. So it is.

Careful.....his head is about to spin around!!!!! :D

Never in a Calvinist congregation. I was a Calvinist preacher and I taught the doctrine with a SBC prof. from DTS (SBC). This was in Nashville TN (a fairly large SBC congregation). I was not the pastor (I preached at several churches but only taught in my own). I was ordained and licensed to...

Some do. Some don't. @Anthony D'Arienzo stated more than once that Calvinism is the gospel. You cannot run with the pups without a little puppy poo getting on your paws LOL.

No worries...I'm good at those ;) .

I can't remember the exact words but didn't you indicate to @lforrest and @Angelina you were done with this childishness?

I do not know what you are talking about. I was not putting a title on you or even disagreeing with you. Sorry if you thought otherwise. (I was also quoting Scripture).

So the whole thread was not only a lie but also you trolling???? And still no inconsistencies. (Which does not matter so much to me as I did not come up with the methods).

I agree insofar as the gospel is concerned . That is why I am opposed to @David Taylor idea that "good theology" cannot be expressed in "what is written" and @Anthony D'Arienzo insistence that Calvinism is the gospel. Earlier @David Taylor challenged my belief that Scripture states Jesus is God...

I believe 2 Timothy 3:8 applies to David. When we are controlled by hatred we "walk in the darkness". This describes the "puppy squad" and much (not all) of Calvinism today.

And God is not, IMHO, pleased when professing Christians substitute the gospel of Jesus Christ with Calvinism, Arminianism, or any other -ism. 2 Timothy 3:1-9 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful...

Calvinism as the gospel is a false gospel (a doctrine of demons) because it is not the power of God to salvation for all who believe. It is powerless and false. The ONLY true gospel is the gospel of Jesus Christ - not our understanding about the gospel.

That is another thread, but yes. If Calvinism is your gospel then it is another gospel (it certainly is not my gospel nor is it the gospel of Jesus Christ as expressed in Scripture). I held the same gospel before I was a Calvinist, while I was a Calvinist, and having moved from the philosophy...