Romans 8:28-29. The basis for Kalvinism?

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Maranthalove

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I've been watching a series on Kalvinism with John Piper as the teacher. Romans 8:28-29. Poses one of those Mindboggling moments. There is so much in those two versus! Predestiny, foreknowledge of our Salvation. God Is so Huge!
 
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Rom 8:28 was the first verse I ever learned/memorized (for Sunday school).
 
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Widdekind

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according to the Kregel Guide to Church History (Olivetree reader), circa 400 AD, Augustine acknowledged what you are calling "Kalvinism":

He championed the apostolic teachings of sin and grace. Using Paul's epistles, he stressed the blight of sin and the inability of any fallen person to choose Christ without the enabling of the Holy Spirit. Salvation, therefore, was a work of God's grace alone, not the result of human worth or effort. Bishops and laity embraced a gospel in which works were not a means to salvation but a loving response to it.
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Supposedly, "God in heaven" can forecast human history, knowing who will be born when & where; and, out of those born, whom to "Call", i.e. "bathe in Holy Spirit", so that they become "Rightly Guided", towards Divine Will.
 
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