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“Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life.… Unlike some other people, they champion no purely human doctrine. With regard to dress, food and manner of life in general, they follow the customs of whatever city they happen to live in, whether it is Greek or … Read the rest
[NOTE : William Lane Craig is a committed Protestant, Trinitarian, and “Molinist” – things I do not embrace – but his comments here on Determinism are right on – biblical truth is truth regardless of who shares it!
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What objections can be raised against the Calvinistic view of “Universal, Divine, Causal Determinism?” William Lane Craig answers :
“At least five come immediately to mind:
1. Universal, divine, causal determinism cannot offer a coherent interpretation of Scripture.
The classical … Read the rest
This is a follow up of my previous post. I post this because I have come to admit that most modern “Calvinists” are not “PURE” Calvinists. They are inconsistent in their worldview. Here is Calvin’s Gospel from his own mouth. I have not changed the quotes in any way. Read Calvin’s whole book (its not very long) yourself for the rest. Now remember though, everything Calvin is teaching here is a “SECRET” that HE IS REVEALING.————————————————————————————
“THE DEFENCE OF … Read the rest
CALVIN : GOD DOES NOT JUST PERMIT SIN BUT WILLS/CAUSES/ORDAINS SIN
“From this it is easy to conclude how foolish and frail is the support of divine justice afforded by the suggestion that evils come to be not by [God’s] will, but merely by his permission. Of course, so far as they are evils, which men perpetrate with their evil mind, as I shall show in greater detail shortly, I admit that they are not pleasing to … Read the rest
NOTE : This is a continuation from the previous post so it is best to read the first part for the entire context. And I believe that Harnack is very fair in these lectures, showing not only the negative but also the good of Greek Catholicism. A person can certainly know God in Greek Catholicism, as can anyone in any Christian Tradition. Why? Because God saves by His Grace, and not by our our religion. Glory to God. I only 
NOTE : I certainly don’t agree with everything Adolf Von Harnack has written, and I am not an advocate of German liberalism whatsoever. However, what Harnack states here in the following lecture is fairly accurate in regard to Greek or Eastern Catholicism – both in what Greek Catholicism achieved in the past (what is certainly good and in the Providence of God) and what it is now (certainly not all Apostolic) .
Having been in the Eastern Catholic tradition myself
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