Help!

[doonziticus]

I, as a newly Calvinistic thinker, have put myself in a position to defend my positions to a friend, and well, I would like some suggestions on Biblical passages to study to help me prepare to defend all 5 points of Calvinism to this Open Theist Arminian friend of mine. This guy is exactly what I used to be! I trained him well to defend his beliefs, and now, since I have discovered the Biblical truth of Unconditional Election (the other 4 points were easy after that) I just need to be able to present a strong Biblical case to him for this.

Thanks in advance!

 

[fredtgreco]

Originally posted by doonziticus
I, as a newly Calvinistic thinker, have put myself in a position to defend my positions to a friend, and well, I would like some suggestions on Biblical passages to study to help me prepare to defend all 5 points of Calvinism to this Open Theist Arminian friend of mine. This guy is exactly what I used to be! I trained him well to defend his beliefs, and now, since I have discovered the Biblical truth of Unconditional Election (the other 4 points were easy after that) I just need to be able to present a strong Biblical case to him for this.

Thanks in advance!

Get a copt of Thomas and Steele's Five Points of Calvinism. It is an excellent resource, with a full listing of Scriptural support.

 

[Charismatic Calvinist]

I read Edwin Palmer's Five Points of Calvinism. It is a scriptural bomb and I have seen it at several Christian bookstores. Here are some links to online "cannon (or canon!) fodder" for you as well:

Key Passages Supporting "Grace Alone"

The Doctrines of Grace

 

[Puritan Sailor]

Or you could just go step by step through Paul's epistles and John's Gospel. Romans is a good place to begin.