I have have come to appreciate the discussion we have had here lately on this subject. As you may know I do not claim to be Reformed or Calvinist, more that I disagree with, after the Doctrines of Grace, then I agree with. But that's not why I am starting this thread, as I was doing some research today I came across a few books with one of them having the title, Killing Calvinism: How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Theology from the Inside. I've said I am an ana-Baptist before then someone said that ana-Baptists believe that they have to maintain their salvation. So in my quest to find out where I fit, I found a group of books that promote Calvinism or the Doctrines of Grace and this one caught my eye. Read what the chapters are.
1) By Loving Calvinism as an End in Itself
2) Becoming a Theologian Instead of a Disciple
3) By Loving God's Sovereignty More Than God Himself
4) By Losing an Urgency in Evangelism
5) By Learning Only From Other Calvinists
6) By widely Up the Bible's "Loose Ends"
7) By Being an Arrogant Know-It-All
8) By Scoffing at the Hang-Ups Others Have with Calvinism
I think these are ideas that we all can follow no matter what you believe, we should always be growing in our knowledge of the Scriptures and changing what we believe as more understanding of the Scriptures are reveled to us. There is no end all Theology, the Doctrines of Grace are the start of something greater that we need to understand and let the Scripture revel what it is. I also found some books that present a different view of the Doctrines of Grace, which I am going to look into, if they do not bring Scripture than it's out for me.
1) By Loving Calvinism as an End in Itself
2) Becoming a Theologian Instead of a Disciple
3) By Loving God's Sovereignty More Than God Himself
4) By Losing an Urgency in Evangelism
5) By Learning Only From Other Calvinists
6) By widely Up the Bible's "Loose Ends"
7) By Being an Arrogant Know-It-All
8) By Scoffing at the Hang-Ups Others Have with Calvinism
I think these are ideas that we all can follow no matter what you believe, we should always be growing in our knowledge of the Scriptures and changing what we believe as more understanding of the Scriptures are reveled to us. There is no end all Theology, the Doctrines of Grace are the start of something greater that we need to understand and let the Scripture revel what it is. I also found some books that present a different view of the Doctrines of Grace, which I am going to look into, if they do not bring Scripture than it's out for me.