tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post3998848276431325128..comments2023-08-10T07:18:16.879-04:00Comments on Borrowed Light: This Week in Blogworld 3/20Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-36487967046425083052009-03-27T19:38:00.000-04:002009-03-27T19:38:00.000-04:00Thanks Mike. Sorry I wasn't clear. I wasn't critiq...Thanks Mike. Sorry I wasn't clear. I wasn't critiquing the article, I was affirming it. <BR/><BR/>I'd rather not say the professor, if that's okay. He's kind of a big deal out there and I don't want to shame him. Even when I complain about his stuff to my friends, I never mention his name.<BR/><BR/>But the Spurgeon citation you briefly mentioned - that's exactly what I'm talking about. He equates Calvinism with the Gospel, and in the same context is not very nice toward Arminians. <BR/><BR/>We have the same God, the same cross, the same Trinity, etc. And all that was good enough for the early church. Why can't that be good enough for us? <BR/><BR/>But don't get me wrong - I love debating Calvinists! I just hate it when they turn nasty. And, apparently, in your experience Arminians have done the same. Let me apologize on their behalf. I'm so sorry that this happens between brothers.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Tom 1sthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281465700829698800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-90813228624179374972009-03-26T10:26:00.000-04:002009-03-26T10:26:00.000-04:00Tom,Thanks for your comment. I need to ask a coup...Tom,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. I need to ask a couple of questions. To what are you referring to in your comment? Which link? Is it the Finn and Reid article? If so, they are not SBTS they are SEBTS. Also, if you did not get a chance to read that article it's a great one--they are saying much of what you are saying here. If other blogs of SBTS prof's to which ones do you refer?<BR/><BR/>I am confused as to what you are referring to with the "Calvinst's equating their theology with the gospel itself". I know that some have done that (including Spurgeon in a sense). I am also confused with your "calling brothers in the Lord heretics". Is this a response to one of the links or of jerky Calvinist in your own life? <BR/><BR/>I am sorry that some of our caged-Calvinist brothers have condemned you as a heretic. You are right that is unfair and unwarranted; or as you termed it "ridiculous". It is funny that you have experienced the same thing with Calvinists that I have with Arminians. And i agree that neither side is innocent and it's a shame that there is even a "side". <BR/><BR/>Anyways, thanks for you comment and for your faithfulness to Jesus. <BR/><BR/>mikeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-23876512765246713282009-03-26T05:02:00.000-04:002009-03-26T05:02:00.000-04:00Here's the thing about Calvinism in the SBC...I ha...Here's the thing about Calvinism in the SBC...<BR/><BR/>I have been told repeatedly over the last few years that I am a near heretic b/c I'm an Arminian. Now, I've met some Arminians who are frustrated with Calvinism, but I've never heard one say that Calvinist is a heretic or even close to one.<BR/><BR/>This issue will not be resolved, me thinks, until Arminians stop being so offended at stupid crap and Calvinists stop equating their theology with the gospel itself. I appreciate Calvinist's passion for theology...really! But calling brothers in the Lord heretics is ridiculous - and from reading the blogs of SBTS prof's, they're not helping the problem, they're only perpetuating the misnomers regarding Arminianism.<BR/><BR/>Again - neither side is innocent. But there is a lot to work through on this issue, that's for sure!Tom 1sthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281465700829698800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-4479318336350035942009-03-20T17:33:00.000-04:002009-03-20T17:33:00.000-04:00Hi, I hope it won't get ugly. If it does, it won't...Hi, <BR/><BR/>I hope it won't get ugly. If it does, it won't be Mark or I who make it so. I just cross-posted to the 9Marks site at Mark's invitation. See the comments at the bottom of the HB post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com