Calvinism a denomination?

[reformedfan]

i like Sinai Beach, totally not Calvinist ( i guess, you know how hard metal core vocals are to understand??), but a really solid, good thrash metal band that sings about Christ & sin.

Ahhh, where were we....oh yeah!

Anyone that reads the Bible, (not the "Arminian Guiding Helper Free Will" Edition with Full color illustrations!, but a real, plain 'ol Bible) ends up thinking more Calvinistically than Arminianishly. i see this alla time at the jail: the girls just read their Bibles, & they sound desperately Calvinist, aware of & believing in a sovereign God & double predestination & limited atonement & all that jazz.

 

[Imblessed]

i like Sinai Beach, totally not Calvinist ( i guess, you know how hard metal core vocals are to understand??), but a really solid, good thrash metal band that sings about Christ & sin.

Ahhh, where were we....oh yeah!

Anyone that reads the Bible, (not the "Arminian Guiding Helper Free Will" Edition with Full color illustrations!, but a real, plain 'ol Bible) ends up thinking more Calvinistically than Arminianishly. i see this alla time at the jail: the girls just read their Bibles, & they sound desperately Calvinist, aware of & believing in a sovereign God & double predestination & limited atonement & all that jazz.

So many people are into the Study Bibles and the Bibles with all the "explanations" of what everything means, and I think that totally gets in the way.

arminianishly......lol.......

reminds me of when my pastor said we were basically baptists, just not as "baptistic" as some baptists! That got a good laugh! (i go to a community church)

 

[Paleoconservatarian]

i like Sinai Beach, totally not Calvinist ( i guess, you know how hard metal core vocals are to understand??), but a really solid, good thrash metal band that sings about Christ & sin.

"Hard metal core" vocals? Not my cup of tea. You're talking about the guys who sound like they've swallowed a handful of razors, right?

& all that jazz.

Now there's some music I can do.

 

[Monergism]

So, Calvinism isn't a denomination? Does this mean then, that I am a Calvinistic non-denominationalist?

 

[Jon_]

i like Sinai Beach, totally not Calvinist ( i guess, you know how hard metal core vocals are to understand??), but a really solid, good thrash metal band that sings about Christ & sin.

Ha, ha, ha! You like Sinai Beach? That's great. I used to listen to those guys. I was even in a hardcore band for a while.

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

 

[reformedfan]

kewl, they have a newish CD out that rawks

 

[Bulldog]

Those two songs on purevolume are pretty cool, though the second seems pretty Arminian.

And Rhapsody is so cheesy.

 

[reformedfan]

yeah, i used to think Christian metal was an oxymoron, is there any such thing as Reformed Metal?

The Van Tils? The Calvins? I'd even settle for The Hodges, know anyone like that, hmmmm?

 

[Jon_]

And Rhapsody is so cheesy.

Oh! I'm wounded! I'm literally hurt!

I love cheesy power metal--what can I say?

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

 

[Bulldog]

Oh! I'm wounded! I'm literally hurt!

I love cheesy power metal--what can I say?

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

Power metal isn't bad if it's done well...but Rhapsody is just a big slab of Lindenberger.

 

[Jon_]

Power metal isn't bad if it's done well...but Rhapsody is just a big slab of Lindenberger.

Fine, I'll just stick with Nightwish from now on.

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

 

[Paleoconservatarian]

Oh! I'm wounded! I'm literally hurt!

I love cheesy power metal--what can I say?

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

I'm with you on that. I'm a Blind Guardian fan.

 

[Jon_]

I'm with you on that. I'm a Blind Guardian fan.

Ha, ha! BG is ultimate cheese! Battlelore is right up there with them.

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

 

[Bulldog]

Fine, I'll just stick with Nightwish from now on.

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

Now that's better.

 

[Paleoconservatarian]

Ha, ha! BG is ultimate cheese! Battlelore is right up there with them.

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

Now I'm hurt. I guess Nightwish will do.

 

[Jon_]

Now I'm hurt. I guess Nightwish will do.

Don't get me wrong! I like cheesy metal.

But Tarja has got some serious pipes.

Soli Deo Gloria

Jon

 

[Bulldog]

yeah, i used to think Christian metal was an oxymoron, is there any such thing as Reformed Metal?

The Van Tils? The Calvins? I'd even settle for The Hodges, know anyone like that, hmmmm?

Those don't sound like metal names. How about "Presuppositional Theory" as opposed to "The Van Tils"?

 

[reformedfan]

oh man, that's the most kewl band name! What insrument do you play & where can ya round up more musicians to get this thing off the ground?

 

[PapaLandShark]

Just thought I'd add ( Hmmm...wonder if it even counts? lol ) There are a lot of Non-denom church's out there with Reformed folks lurking about in them.

/lurks off...

 

[Bulldog]

oh man, that's the most kewl band name! What insrument do you play & where can ya round up more musicians to get this thing off the ground?

I don't play an instrument. I wish that I could play the bass, but I currently live in a townhouse.