Wow, so here's something ironic. Right after posting my last blog on 1 Cor 1:10-17, I stumbled upon this youtube video entitled "Calling All Calvinist: A Call To Repentance."
The video is 31 minutes and 20 seconds long. Props to anyone who can watch past 11 minutes. That's as far as I could go.
The Speaker in this video is Monica Dennington. A Christian Musician and Speaker for Christian women's conferences. If you can stomach this video by her, there are three other videos in this series.
I think there are several errors in her call for Calvinist to repent. (At least in the 11 minutes that I watched.)
For one, I don't know of any Calvinist that views John Calvin as an Idol or higher then our Saviour Jesus Christ. This seems to be her main argument. She even starts the video by using Phil 2:3 to imply that argument... not to mention she uses this verse to show that Calvinist apparently belief that their better then non-Calvinist and therefore must struggle with humility more then non-Calvinist.
If I may use my own experience as to how I came to the Doctrines of Grace, (Calvinism)I barely knew anything about John Calvin when I first began studying the Reformation. Most of my coming to Reformed Theology was by simply reading God's Word.
Secondly, she calls it "dangerous territory" that Calvinist believe Calvinism is a good ideology for the Gospel... and then uses Isaiah 48:11 to somehow prove that we're again giving John Calvin the glory for the Gospel instead of Christ.
I would argue (which arguing in its self is wrong to this lady when it comes to Christian matters... ironically she's arguing her own point to Christians)that Calvinism is indeed the Gospel!
Please tell me.... how can anyone... Calvinist or not... preach a Gospel without a theology behind it? It's not possible.
Thirdly, please read my last blog if you haven't already.
I pray that Monica Dennington would repent of such arrogant attacks on Calvinist and come to a true understanding of the Gospel.
Now, here's the video. (again, if you're reading this on Facebook, go to my actual blog page)
-josh
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