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Well yeah, but who believes that? Certainly not any "OSAS" I know. That's the ridiculousness of this whole endless rant you're on, that you're ranting and raving about nothing, or, at least about some group of folks other than "OSASs"... :)... and you don't even realize it. But, so be it...

"OSAS" actually believe Paul (and ultimately God) and take him at his word: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." [Romans 8:1-2] What you're missing so...

You lost me when you said, "the pope just said". :)

No one is without sin, FHII. Nobody is perfect. Except, well, Jesus, of course... :) Too, if you had lived in the 1500s (rather than the 2000s), you might have thunk much differently. :) Not to say that what is "not right" now was "right" back then or anything like that, but I think you...

LOL! No it's not, Enoch. I agree with Lifelong_sinner... well, close to 100%. Am I worshiping Lifelong_sinner? LOL! Of course not. That's silly, right? And they (probably) would meet the same dead end as the ones you have cited. And hey, John Calvin was just a man. Great? No, not...

Love Martin Luther. He was the first Reformer, you know. :) He gave a sermon (over 600 years ago) that refutes directly what Robert keeps trying (in vain) to pin on "OSAS." Excerpt: "3. Paul does not teach that grace is acquired through sin, nor that sin brings grace; he says quite the...

Sounds like a tale much like Jonah to me... :) That's great. Another book recommendation (you've probably read it): Knowing God, by J.I. Packer. Reading it again right now. Grace and peace to you.

That's too bad. But certainly not disqualifying. :) Same here! May your golfs always find the short grass, as my father used to say... :)

With all due respect, Michael, the "no deep theology" thing is totally not the case. Pilgrim's Progress literally ~ well, figuratively speaking :) ~ drips of biblical truths about God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and about man and his place in relation to God. Grace and peace to you. And...

My goodness. Yes, please do; it's a great work. I would suggest getting Max McLean's recording of his reading of it: click here. He's a stage actor, and he brings it even more to life. Be careful, though, because you just might become one of those dreaded Calvinists <snicker> some folks...

I'll just say that with regard to this life, the Christian life, OSNTS (Once Saved Never Truly Saved) is... nonsense. :) And so is ORAR (Once Repented Always Repented) and OONAD (Once Obedient Never Again Disobedient). Oh! And one more: OSNAS (Once Saved Never Again Sinful). :D Grace and...

Well... Okay, so yes, I would call myself a Calvinist ~ a five-point Calvinist, because there are three- and four-pointers out there (usually because of the inability of 3s and 4s to accept the 'L' ~ limited atonement ~ and possibly the 'T' ~ total depravity ~ of 'TULIP'). However: 1. John...

No, I'm addressing exactly the issue, which is your inability ~ or refusal (?) ~ to make simple contrasts clearly made in Scripture (at least regarding the two instances discussed so far) and the resulting erroneous interpretation of John Calvin's own words on your part. Right, because he did...

CALVIN'S COMMENTARY: Here Calvin is talking specifically about God's desire, as opposed to His will. And in the sense that He desires all men come to knowledge of the truth, what Calvin says is irrefutably true, as God Himself says that very thing through Paul in 2 Timothy 2:4... "God our...

Not regarding salvation. Salvation is of the Lord, not "of the Lord and man." Calvinists dismiss no part of God's infallible, inerrant word. Try as you might, ignoring what I said in the previous post does not negate what I said... really what the Bible says... in any way. :) And I know it's...

LOL! "OSAS" knows the struggle against sin, for sure. But "OSAS" rejoices in... it's?... victory in Christ now: "...we are more than conquerors through him who loved us... neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth...

Well, this is true of their physical bodies, sure. But all will be reunited with their physical bodies at Jesus's return... :) Grace and peace to you.

So a few clean-up items: John Calvin, and those who understand as He did, affirm to the utmost Romans 8-11. Well no, because, as Paul is sure to say in Romans 9:6-8, "not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but...

Yes, but not in the way that you suppose. There is no "synergism" in God giving man a new heart and a new spirit, removing the heart of stone from their flesh and giving them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in His statutes and keep His rules ~ which is found in both Ezekiel 11 and Ezekiel...

LOL! That's a new thought... :) So, no, because the millennium of Revelation 20, which is not a woodenly literal 1000-year period but rather the completeness of God's time in constructing His true Israel (which includes the fullness of the Gentiles), is going on now. It is not future only...