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Sure. Of course not. Calvinists reason through Scripture and understand it along the lines that Calvin did. Only the Holy Spirit can lead folks into Biblical truth. Hmmm, so you're not answering the question either. Again, Calvinists only say Calvin was right, as opposed to Arminius...

It is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't. Yes. Any Calvinist worth his or her salt would say that for one to be a worshiper of God, he or she must be regenerate. I mean okay, you think that, fine. But they would say... or they could really only say... what I said, which is that that's...

This is at least part of the problem. Folks have some... well, wrong ideas about what is meant by Calvin (and thus Calvinists) by the terms "totally depraved" and "total inability." God's grace ~ His unmerited favor, His mercy and compassion for us ~ is the reason for our salvation. And our...

No, I don't think I did. <smile> I mean I get that you think I did... <smile> Well, and neither did I, really. <smile> What I said was, the Lord opened her heart, and at least effectually that the Lord regenerating her heart, her quickening by the Spirit, her being born again of the...

Well, I do admittedly have really nice cheeks... <chuckles> But yeah, sure; everyone here at least claims to be a Christ-ist... <smile> That has no bearing, really on any one of the "isms" being discussed here... which, actually is better stated the opposite way, that none of the "isms" being...

Yes, because in Acts 16:15 we read ~ quoting ~ "The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul..." So, "opened," which is past tense... <smile> So, how far in advance of what was said by Paul the Lord did this we cannot say. Possibly immediately prior, but possibly...

Again, very telling... Ah, so man saves himself, and keeps himself. Yeah, no, and no. "...it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, Qho has mercy..." (Romans 9:16) And, "...if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace" (Romans...

Such willful ignorance... Grace and peace to you, though...

<chuckles> Among other things, sure. God predestines some ~ not all ~ to be conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8, Ephesians 1). There is no other predestination in the Bible. In Romans 1, as you know, I'm sure, Paul says He "gives up" some, "gives them over to their own selfish...

They... "done come too late..." Well that says a lot about you, it seems... LOL! Murderer... You know, King David was a murderer... <smile> John Calvin was not. He merely acknowledged that Servetus was guilty of heresy (which he was), and heresy was a crime punishable by death in...

In a purely humanistic sense, yes, any Calvinist ~ and hopefully anyone ~ would say that man has free will. But... Dan... there is a certain sense in which man's will is never free. How he uses his will always ~ always ~ depending on... according to... the state of his heart. Before a man is...

Wait a minute… are you actually saying that they’ve said they don’t have free will, so they use their free will? I mean… uh… Yeah that’s a head-scratcher… <chuckles> I really don’t think anyone on here is saying man does not have free will. I mean to say that would be essentially to say man...

Providence, certainly. The Lord ~ Jehovah Jireh ~ provides for His people. Grace and peace to you.

No telling, but probably a very ordinary explanation. Hmmm, well I agree, but would say rather that things that seem miraculous to us… <smile> …happen. <chuckles> Yeah, God certainly can’t be put in any kind of box… <smile> Grace and peace to you.

A nice story. <smile> But yes, I do not believe that a brass screw was... transformed... into a diamond ring. Now, does that mean I think you are lying? No. Here's what I would say of miracles (and these are not my own words): What is a miracle? What isn’t a miracle? The word miracle...

Sure. Okay, yes, but in the sense of what I said to 1CL above, that... well, quoting myself, the Bible... so, God, as it is His Word... repeatedly affirms that God is sovereign and in control of all creation and human affairs, so in that sense, everything could be classified as...

Hmmmm… I’m not; I’d like to hear. Let's hear it. I will say that I anticipate being able to explain just merely what happened came about by natural means. But even so... I mean I think we all believe ~ I hope, at least ~ that the Bible... so, God, as it is His Word... repeatedly affirms...

Not to interrupt, but, well, not knowing exactly what you or @Brakelite are actually referring to with regard to your personal experiences, I might challenge the assertion that what you experienced, whatever it was or is, was or is actually a miracle... an extraordinary ~ 'extraordinary'...

It’s all about Jesus, 1stCenturyLady. In just about every story and every narrative in the Old Testament, it’s about Jesus in one way or another… somehow Jesus is represented, sometimes by a person (like Joseph in Genesis, or Moses in Exodus, or David in 1 & 2 Samuel), sometimes by an animal...

<chuckles> With you for the most part but... <smile> Jesus did not need faith. He did not need His assurance of salvation, as we do. He is the object of our faith. We are assured by God and convicted by the Spirit of these things hoped for and unseen. This is what faith is, by definition...