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Yes, but again that is not something done to me, but rather for me. He is my helper, my intercessor. What was done to me was being saved. In being saved, I was forgiven of my sin and given the "Paraclete" as a gift. Again, perhaps the being to picky for you.

The real culprit is the nonsense that came out of Augustine that Calvin bought into, namely, Total Depravity. Once accepting that false accusation against God, then the rest of the Calvin's fallacious soteriology is required for anyone to be saved.

You would do yourself a favor to study to answer the question how the Himalayas became the mountains they are today, and similarly for the Sierras and the Swiss Alps.

Not to be too picky, but His death doesn't do anything to me. His death does so very, very much for me. His death is the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world. It satisfied God's demand for the punishment of sin which for mankind is eternal condemnation, a complete and permanent...

There are two distinct and somewhat different sides to God’s moral nature. Romans 11:22 sums up these two sides when it says, “Behold then the kindness and severity of God.” Interpreting these in the light of other Scripture, we can say that the two sides of His nature are love and holiness. We...

Oh groad! His death doesn't save. He does. He was the perfect sacrifice. It is by that sacrifice that he becomes the perfect propitiation. By His death, He paid the ransom for us. That ransom was paid to God the Father. In having been paid that ransom God forgives sin and gives the gift...

Yes, Jesus is God. But His death does not save. He does. His death was the sacrifice through which God saves.

Enough with dance floors, dance moves, tapping toes, different beats, tapestries, pirouetting, etc. Cute but somewhat confounding and disconcerting.

The key issue here is how God choses those He saves. Given that Calvinism is tied to the false doctrine of Total Depravity, then Calvinism must reject the biblical definition of elect and redefine it in some other manner. And Robert's statement is not a straw man. It is completely accurate.

Jesus' death doesn't save anyone. God does. God's Holiness demands punishment for sins. God's Graciousness allows God, who is Holy, to impute the sins of mankind to Jesus. He is the perfect sacrifice. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the whole world; "He is the propitiation for...

I fear that your comedy club reference makes light of the serious failure of Calvinist soteriology.

So, so very, very true. Anyone even considering such a concept should take it as a reason to reject Calvinism or any pseudo-Calvinism outright.

I didn't say "Thank you God." I said, "Thank you god". He speaks as if he is a god, another god, as if he can perceive another's thoughts. I find that to be particularly obnoxious.

You are correct; you have no control over God's grace. Unfortunately, when you declare that someone else cannot received this or that, you speak as though you do have control over God's grace. You said, "Whatever I received is of grace." That is clearly not true. Your judgmental character is...

What an absolutely ugly self-righteous statement. But what the heck -- Thank you god.

Oh, I am able to receive what you think is truth, but by the Scriptures in is not. What and for whom? "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn...

For what sect could that not be said? Calvinism essentially rejects any human responsibility. Total Depravity of Calvinism originates with God and there is no such thing as free will against which any responsibility could be charged. Calvinism treats "all persons everywhere" to be only Jews...

The soteriology of Calvinism is wrapped up in the acronym TULIP. It is wrong to the point of being heresy.

That is basically Post-Millennialism. That was a common view prior to WWI.

That is all pretty much just plain old hogwash. There can be no union/bond or secret union between Christ and non-existent persons. There was indeed a preexisting plan that God put in place. But it is carried out for those persons not yet in existence according to God's foreknowledge.