- Ken Hamrick thinks there is a missing balance in Calvinism: "It is true, as the Calvinists emphasize, that faith is the gift of God; but it is just as Biblically true that faith is the requirement of God for salvation." Funny, because I can't think of a single Calvinist throughout history who has ever stated that God doesn't require faith for salvation.
- Heart-warming Calvinism.
- Keith Thompson of Reformed Apologetics Ministries offers a brief explanation of Calvinism.
- These "Five [Straw Man] Reasons to Reject Calvinism" are why I avoid theological "discussion" forums:
- The Bible does NOT support Calvinism
- Calvinism promotes arrogancy, which is not of the Spirit
- Calvinism makes God unjust
- Calvinism makes Jesus Christ a failure
- Calvinism is anti-Gospel
- The Bible does NOT support Calvinism
- A Modern Calvinist: An interview with James Bratt on Abraham Kuyper.
- Roland Boer doesn't agree with Max Weber's argument "that Calvinism acted as a crucial vanishing mediator for capitalism." He thinks "it is perhaps better to speak of the Arminian ethic and the spirit of capitalism."
- Dan Phillips reports on the Strange Fire Conference.
- Tim Challies reviews Mark Driscoll's latest book, A Call to Resurgence.
It's not that Calvinists deny that faith is a requirement for salvation; but rather, that they so emphasize election that the required faith becomes merely a formality and not the pivotal thing that it is in Scripture. Once one is regenerated, all else---faith included---occurs like dominoes falling one after another. Therefore, regeneration is made the pivotal thing in salvation, and faith is merely a fruit of the process.
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