tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14703787.post6469746009534734137..comments2023-09-05T11:00:47.752-04:00Comments on Christian Ethics, PhD: ExclusivitySarah Conrad Sourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05185078182316296961noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14703787.post-58055879741743928802010-09-01T23:05:05.367-04:002010-09-01T23:05:05.367-04:00Pleasure to "meet" you as well. By way o...Pleasure to "meet" you as well. By way of introduction, I am currently working on my thesis for an M.A. in Humanities. I also have an M.A. in biblical studies. <br /><br />Correction: I should be working on my thesis right now instead of meandering through the blogosphere.<br /><br />Yes, I was referring to predestination and election -- two words that make Arminians a bit oogly.<br /><br />So, you want to know if I'm a TULIP or maybe a TUIP? I am sympathetic to Calvinism and think there is much we can learn from it. If you're interested in reading a 70-page booklet on the history of John Calvin, you can access it here for free: http://www.baptistbulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/a-word-for-the-world.pdf<br /><br />I just read it today and have found the book helpful in explaining a hesitancy to claim five-point, four-point, or any other number of points. I'll just leave the tallying of points to the hunters bragging about the bucks they've bagged.<br /><br />BrendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14703787.post-44613904181788473072010-09-01T17:07:35.597-04:002010-09-01T17:07:35.597-04:00Hey, Brenda, thanks for commenting! Great to &quo...Hey, Brenda, thanks for commenting! Great to "meet" you!<br /><br />Are you asking about predestination, then?<br /><br />I imagine you would want to go through Philippians 2:13 to get from your verses to my blog entry.<br /><br />The human capacity to choose the good is destroyed by the fall and requires God's grace to restore it. God's grace is what allows us to choose God.<br /><br />You might find Wesley's explanation of justification a helpful one, although if you are a five-point Calvinist, it will probably make your nose wrinkle:<br /><br />http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/sermons/5/Sarah Conrad Sourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185078182316296961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14703787.post-52219321618035273272010-09-01T11:26:12.088-04:002010-09-01T11:26:12.088-04:00". . .so entirely in the hands of the person ...". . .so entirely in the hands of the person desiring membership." <br /><br />How does that square with texts such as Romans 3:11, John 15:16, Ephesians 1:3-6, and Ephesians 2:10?<br /><br />BrendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14703787.post-47140479418181306402010-08-08T10:22:45.448-04:002010-08-08T10:22:45.448-04:00Psh. Details.
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I don't suppose I should ...Psh. Details.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />I don't suppose I should say "Christianity (and its offshoots)" to rectify the problem, should I?Sarah Conrad Sourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185078182316296961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14703787.post-78955896889411063872010-08-07T22:36:08.642-04:002010-08-07T22:36:08.642-04:00'Christianity is the only "exclusive"...'Christianity is the only "exclusive" group whose standard and method of inclusion is so clear, so straightforward, and so entirely in the hands of the person desiring membership.'<br /><br />This is overstating the case, i.e. declaring Christianity as the "only" such group.<br /><br />Say the shahada three times in the presence of a Muslim and you have entered into that exclusive community.<br /><br />-TygreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com