Ignorance is the name of the game. Those persecutors have a whole construct in their minds of what a Calvinist is and believes. That construct was not formed, most likely, by research and dialogue. It was by listening to sermons and speeches by Hunt and Caner and that one preacher with the deep voice in Texas whose name escapes me.

I know because I was in the same boat. Until I actually sat down with the materials of Calvinists, written by their own hands, and listened to them present their beliefs and practices, I was a fellow ignorant persecutor. But oh how God has made a change. It took a long time and a lot of reading and study and praying and so on. Now look at me.

The intra-faith persecution reminds me of the reformation era, where you had Anabaptists being persecuted by Catholics and Protestants. Now that's some tough stuff there. But be strong, stay to your God led conscience, and educate them in love.

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Eddie Gonzalez
Grace Fellowship
El Cajon, CA

"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God."
Romans v.1