reformed theology

Question, does anyone know what % of Christians are Calvinists? Also, what percentage of Christians are Hard Determinists? My main curiosity is around Hard Determinism: when did this belief really work its way into the church, and again, what percentage of Christians believe in this?

The Gospel is good news, we should act like it and take that Gospel into the world and change the world by the preaching of the Gospel. The only way to change hearts and minds, the only way to change society is by God working through the preaching of His word. Don't limit the Gospel to...

Greetings, everyone. I have rededicated myself to Christ and find myself encountering some points of confusion. I have found some good teachers via YouTube and books who seem to be good and faithful Bible-believing Christians. It was only after spending time with some of their videos that I...

Before I begin, I want to mention that the reason I identify myself as Reformed is not because I agree with them, but that what they believe more closely resembles what I believe than any other theological line does. Please do not judge what I mean to write by the nomenclature. There is...

--Or does it apply to the rest of the believer's life? Monergism generally only refers to the regeneration of the believer being the work of God alone --that is, that we do not even cooperate in our own salvation by "accepting" or being an active agent in receiving the Lord. God alone chooses...

I’m going to try to keep the OP short and to the point and I will kindly ask that everyone please just stick to the topic of the thread. We’re not here to interpret scriptures, we can go round and round all day and never accomplish anything that way because everyone has their own opinions on...

According to Reformed theology a person is fated to eternal life prior to birth, and that not based upon God's foreknowledge of their faith. That is the "U" (Unconditional Election) in the Calvinist's "T.U.L.I.P" acronym. As such under Reformed Theology the elect are never in their life in...

Greetings, I first wanted to say upfront that I am not reformed however I have a friend who is expressing his disagreement (rather strongly) to 5 Point Calvinism (TULIP). I would prefer not have this turn into another Calvinism/Arminianism debate. Rather, I want to make sure that I am...

First of all, thanks for having me. Glad to be here and looking forward to interacting with you all more as the Lord permits. I'll just copy and paste my story so you know where I'm coming from, as far as my faith goes. I was raised in a Oneness church for the better part of my life and have...

I understand the reformed doctrine of total depravity to be that the human nature is such that it is utterly unable to choose to follow God. Another way I've heard it put is that men are by nature inclined to reject God. Further, I've heard it said that the way human nature became like this was...

Earlier today I heard a Pastor say that Reformed theology was inherently conservative. It wasn't the first time I had heard that. Any thoughts on that statement? Is RT inherently conservative? Yours in the Lord, jm

Originally Posted June, 2009: A little about me: I am a Vietnam veteran, formerly a member of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus (Tertian), and am an ordained minister (Southern Baptist), who later joined the PCA. I bi-vocationally pastored a new Reformed church in Clearwater, FL for a few...