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Recent content by nate895

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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    I would just like to officially recant. I am now a five-point Calvinist. I mean that in all seriousness.
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    Depends on what defines as an "Arminian," most who claim the title are Semi-Pelagians. Real Arminians are not. How is God's call purposeless even if it is only for a moment? It is up to the sinner whether he will go back to reprobation. Paul describes how people become reprobate (i.e., totally...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    Arminians don't claim that everybody in in a state without bondage to sin. Arminians claim that, at some point, at some time in their life (even if for only one moment) everyone has been graced just enough to accept salvation. We are, of ourselves, totally and inexorably, bonded to sin. However...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    I must say I don't know much about Pighius. I only looked him up rather quickly, and the Catholic Encyclopedia said that he only thought that "original sin was the sin of Adam put onto each child at birth." That sounds Semi-Pelagian (where people are "soul-sick," but can still come to God)...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    I agree that is one of the most important points in theology, but nowhere near as important as the basics of the five solas (which I understand is the premise of all Protestantism, but it is also Reformed). As for Calvin and Phigius, Phigius's theology seems Semi-Pelagian to me, which...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    You can't claim to be "Reformed" and "Always Reforming" if you don't accept the fact that different people can claim the title. Covenant Arminians agree with the great Reformed theologians on all points except soteriology. There are many who call themselves "Reformed" who would disagree with...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    Hey, I just found on the member list of the "World Alliance of Reformed Churches" the "Remonstrant Brotherhood" of the Netherlands, which is none other than the church that was founded in response to the Synod of Dort. I have heard that since then they fell into liberalism.
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    I know, and I am a Covenantal Arminian (as Arminius was). If it wasn't for the fact I subscribe to the Five Articles of Remonstrance and I don't believe in burning witches and using the government (which should still be under God's Kingdom) for other such moral issues, my theology is borderline...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    I am not debating the word "Calvinist," I understand that is a lost cause as he is defined by his soteriology. However, the "Reformed" church is about, as the subheading of this sub-forum is "semper reformada" or "always reforming." The issue of soteriology isn't essential to the faith unless if...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    The thing is, if Calvinism wasn't defined by its soteriology, I would readily call myself a Calvinist with a caveat that I disagreed with his soteriology. I agree with his theology on almost every other point (as did Arminius and his followers). I don't understand why Calvinism is defined by the...
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    Seeking Conservative Church

    Yes, the Missouri Synod seemed like second place to Free Will Baptists. I guess I should go and hunt for one. I haven't heard of the Wisconsin Ev. Lutherans, I shall investigate them as well.
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    Reasons to believe in Young Earth Creationism?

    The two different genealogies are for two different lineages, the one in Luke is for Mary, and in Matthew it is for Joseph. Back in that time it was customary to refer to a wife by her husband's name. As for the other things you mention, it is supposed by Christians that prior to the Fall that...
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    Seeking Conservative Church

    I am not looking for a church that agrees with me on 100% of everything. I am looking for a church that has the same general theology and, more importantly, teaches the "why's" of Christianity instead of the the feel-goodism that permeates the Church here in the States. When I go to the...
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    You Don't Have to be Calvinist to be Reformed

    Historically, true Arminianism (not the semi-Pelagian or other doctrines that call themselves Arminian) comes from a strictly Reformed theology. After all, Arminius himself was taught by Theodore Beza, Calvin's handpicked successor. His followers were called the Remonstrants in the Netherlands...
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    Seeking Conservative Church

    I am looking for a conservative church that believes in traditional Protestant doctrine, not the new fundamentalist, charismatic, dispensationalist dogma of many modern churches. It is very important that the church believe in the inerrancy of scripture and Young-Earth Creationism and teach why...
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