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3. The New Calvinism <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>... <BR> <BR>Like the Calvinists, more moderate Evangelicals are exploring cures for the movement's doctrinal drift, but can't offer the same blanket assurance. "A lot of young people grew up in a culture of brokenness, divorce, drugs or sexual temptation," says Collin Hansen, author of Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists. "They have plenty of friends: what they need is a God." Mohler says, "The moment someone begins to define God's [being or actions] biblically, that person is drawn to conclusions that are traditionally classified as Calvinist." Of course, that presumption of inevitability has drawn accusations of arrogance and divisiveness since Calvin's time. Indeed, some of today's enthusiasts imply that non-Calvinists may actually not be Christians. Skirmishes among the Southern Baptists (who have a competing non-Calvinist camp) and online "flame wars" bode badly. <BR> <BR>...<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1884779_1884782_1884760%2C00.html" target=_top>http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article /0,28804,1884779_1884782_1884760,00.html</a> <BR> <BR>This one I especially loved. Calvin believed that God makes all the decisions for the Christian, because he is too depraved to make decisions of his own, especially if he is one of the ELECT. <BR> <BR>The final question of the piece. Are people in this time of insecurity, going to buy into a neo-Calvinism with its "security"?????
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You know what Bob, I think we Adventists don't accept that God makes all decisions for us in theory, but in practice......I think sermons, books, articles and others tell us we must give ourselves over to God so that He is making our decisions for us. Which is impossible to do when we can't see nor hear God. <BR> <BR>renie
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God doesn't want to make the decisions for us. He gives the Holy Spirit to empower, but empowering is not doing.
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