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Post by rockson on Jul 10, 2023 4:53:53 GMT -8
Virtually all Calvinists (as distinct from some in the Reformed tradition and especially what I have called “revisionist Reformed” theologians) affirm a strong or high view of God’s sovereignty such as Boettner’s. Did Calvin himself affirm such? In Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Geneva’s chief pastor wrote about God’s providence: “We ought undoubtedly to hold that whatever changes are discerned in the world are produced from the secret stirring of God’s hand … what God has determined must necessarily so take place.” Sorry and no offence but he crossed the line into error when he embraced the way of thinking that whatever changes that are discerned in the world were produced by the secret stirring of God's hand. He made the mistake as all Calvinists do in one way or another that because God is Almighty, having all might that means he would exercise his power without question to make things the way he'd want. The thing is though many times in the scriptures you don't see that at all so I fail to see why he'd arrive at such a conclusion. |
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Post by civic on Jul 11, 2023 13:58:04 GMT -8
Virtually all Calvinists (as distinct from some in the Reformed tradition and especially what I have called “revisionist Reformed” theologians) affirm a strong or high view of God’s sovereignty such as Boettner’s. Did Calvin himself affirm such? In Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Geneva’s chief pastor wrote about God’s providence: “We ought undoubtedly to hold that whatever changes are discerned in the world are produced from the secret stirring of God’s hand … what God has determined must necessarily so take place.” Sorry and no offence but he crossed the line into error when he embraced the way of thinking that whatever changes that are discerned in the world were produced by the secret stirring of God's hand. He made the mistake as all Calvinists do in one way or another that because God is Almighty, having all might that means he would exercise his power without question to make things the way he'd want. The thing is though many times in the scriptures you don't see that at all so I fail to see why he'd arrive at such a conclusion. Amen ! |
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Post by civic on Jul 11, 2023 14:01:33 GMT -8
Virtually all Calvinists (as distinct from some in the Reformed tradition and especially what I have called “revisionist Reformed” theologians) affirm a strong or high view of God’s sovereignty such as Boettner’s. Did Calvin himself affirm such? In Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Geneva’s chief pastor wrote about God’s providence: “We ought undoubtedly to hold that whatever changes are discerned in the world are produced from the secret stirring of God’s hand … what God has determined must necessarily so take place.” As we know the problem of evil and God ordaining everything that comes to pass is calvinism, not Scripture. |
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