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By reading the bible. I was not churched growing up, and simply reading Scripture from start to finish demonstrated to me how right the DoG are and how most churches in the US are goofy.
Theognome
By reading the bible. I was not churched growing up, and simply reading Scripture from start to finish demonstrated to me how right the DoG are and how most churches in the US are goofy.
Theognome
so, was there any calvinist influence? i.e books or people?
Or did you discover them independently? What scriptures convinced you?
I was born spouting the Five Points...almost. My parents are Presbyterians (PCA) so it was ingrained very early on.
A professor who laid out the scriptural case beautifully...he said he was not a Calvinist, but said that he wanted us to know the scriptural case for both positions. The funny thing is, when he left the institution, he gave some friends and me two cases of books...all of them were by Calvinists. He gave them to us with a wink. (He pastored a huge SBC church and taught at a Baptist institution.)
From there I simply contintued to read and study the Bible, and was absolutely convinced of the truth of the DoG.
I had(have) a couple friends who had discovered Calvinism some time prior, I'm not exactly sure how or when... but anyway. They brought up the subject a couple of times during some after-church conversations, and lent me several debates on the subject. That and doing an extensive amount of reading led me to conclude that Calvinism wasn't such a bad heresy after all.
I had(have) a couple friends who had discovered Calvinism some time prior, I'm not exactly sure how or when... but anyway. They brought up the subject a couple of times during some after-church conversations, and lent me several debates on the subject. That and doing an extensive amount of reading led me to conclude that Calvinism wasn't such a bad heresy after all.
I am very curious, if you don't mind and due to being very familiar with the group you are associated with, but what affects are there with you being a Calvinist and being in your church? Or is this something that you aren't at the talking about stage yet (?)