tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post1117552613580070508..comments2023-10-21T04:32:31.262-05:00Comments on Following Judah's Lion: Rick Fruehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-37329664492510622782011-04-07T16:48:53.324-05:002011-04-07T16:48:53.324-05:00Joseff,
What you’re saying suggests that a sinner...Joseff,<br /><br />What you’re saying suggests that a sinner’s response to the call to salvation is not his response after all. Of course, God draws a man through the message by the power of His Spirit. However, the man must respond to the prompting and conviction of the Spirit. That does not earn the repentant sinner any credit for his salvation. It merely indicates that he has responded to God’s free offer. The glory and credit is all God’s, no doubt, but the sinner must respond. And don’t you dare call me an Armenian! Don't call me a Calvinist, either. I don’t like these labels. I just believe the Bible. The labels serve almost no other purpose than to divide us. We are saved by grace through faith. Yes, God gives the grace and the faith, but we have to believe to be saved. His gift must be received. Dalvation is of the Lord; responding to Him is our duty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-26434276900381350112008-10-15T13:35:00.000-05:002008-10-15T13:35:00.000-05:00Paul Washer and Charles Finney are worlds apart:Pa...Paul Washer and Charles Finney are worlds apart:<BR/><BR/>Paul Washer is quoted as saying: Salvation is the work of God<BR/><BR/>Finney quoted: Salvation is the work of man<BR/><BR/><BR/>That pretty much sums up Calvinism vs Arminianism.<BR/><BR/>One is Biblical and right, one is unbiblical and wrong<BR/><BR/>see the following:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U49RyyHVmXQ<BR/><BR/>Finney was the supreme Arminian<BR/><BR/>By the way, I don't see how pleading and commanding all sinners everywhere to repent makes a Calvinist a hypocrite, nor does it mean he is "preaching like an arminian".<BR/><BR/>It is not an Arminian idea to preach the gospel to all creatures, it is a Biblical idea.<BR/><BR/>But the underlying foundation of *WHY THE GOSPEL WORKS* is found in Calvinism, and not in Arminianism.<BR/><BR/>The gospel works because God monergistically and supernaturally changes a man who hears the gospel. He changes his heart, and makes him a new creature which results in true, saving faith - that is Calvinism.<BR/><BR/>Arminian theology on the other hand would be to say that the man helps God or "allows God" to change his heart by offering his little contribution to the salvation process - faith.<BR/><BR/>It is not "preaching like an Arminian" when you tell sinners to repent and believe.<BR/><BR/>However, when you give man the power and the credit for his finally "deciding to believe"< THAT IS preaching like an Arminian!<BR/><BR/>Calvinism rightly teaches that man is powerless, and cannot come to Christ unless God draws him, and everyone who God does draw *WILL COME* without a doubt.Skalapunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192577787999625391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-86728795272828480062008-08-05T14:19:00.000-05:002008-08-05T14:19:00.000-05:00ery clever post. I have often thought the same th...ery clever post. I have often thought the same things. Even MacArthur and Piper get very emotional when it comes time to exhort the congregation to make a decision. I assume there is some prepackaged "internet Calvinist" rationalization for this that I haven't grasped, but it always seems disingenuous to me when they preach for 30 mins. on limited atonement, and then plead with everyone listening by CD, podcast, and in person, to repent and call upon the Lord to save them.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I must admit that I am a huge Paul Washer "fan" (for lack of a better term). I believe I have listened to at least 90% of his online sermons, and I don't specifically recall him calling himself a Calvinist. Is that a label he has given himself, or just a label given him by his "reformed" apologists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-82597201095883421162008-08-05T14:17:00.000-05:002008-08-05T14:17:00.000-05:00Very clever post. I have often thought the same t...Very clever post. I have often thought the same things. Even MacArthur and Piper get very emotional when it comes time to exhort the congregation to make a decision. I assume there is some prepackaged "internet Calvinist" rationalization for this that I haven't grasped, but it always seems disingenuous to me when they preach for 30 mins. on limited atonement, and then plead with everyone listening by CD, podcast, and in person, to repent and call upon the Lord to save them.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I must admit that I am a huge Paul Washer "fan" (for lack of a better term). I believe I have listened to at least 90% of his online sermons, and I don't specifically recall him calling himself a Calvinist. Is that a label he has given himself, or just a label given him by his "reformed" apologists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-81247127492822412192008-06-28T02:52:00.000-05:002008-06-28T02:52:00.000-05:00Finney is often caricatured as an Arminian, but in...Finney is often caricatured as an Arminian, but in reality he wasn't one. He sounded like one at times, and at times he sounded like a Calvinist. But he spent more time bashing Calvinist ideas, so he is lumped in with the Arminians.<BR/><BR/>He also bashed Arminian ideas, but it was much more seldom. <BR/><BR/>He has great things to say to the church today, much of which I believe our reformed brothers would appreciate, if they would only look past their theological prejudices and glean where good is found.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141155972241122000noreply@blogger.com