My Crazy Faith

This is just a quick post to share a series from Andy Woods against Calvinism: Neo-Calvinism vs The Bible | Andy Woods Ministries I've only listened to the first three so far, but I found this one quite intriguing:   Neo-Calvinism vs. The Bible 003 | Andy Woods Ministries In that one, he gets a little into the Catholic roots of Calvinism and the errors of Calvinism related to prophecy.  As he says, Luther didn't believe Revelation was inspired by God (and he considered it satanic to take end-times' prophecy literally), and this explains why many Calvinist churches don't address prophecy much.   And he also says that Calvin believed in amillennialism.  And to me, this would explain why the EFCA - which I believe has been taken over by Calvinists - removed the belief in premillennialism from their statement of faith, allowing for pastors to preach things like amillennialism. He also gets into the damage that Lordship Salvation - with John MacArthur at the for...

This series is based on this 14-minute video from Alana L.:   5 Signs Your Loved One is Becoming a Calvinist   (FYI, in general, I will be posting every other week from now on.) Point #2 Still: F.  Alana noted how Calvinists say that they were chosen before the foundation of the world (that their names - the names of "the elect" - were written in the Book of Life before the foundation of the world).   This error is based on two things: 1. It's based on a mistranslation of  Revelation 13:8 , usually from the Calvinist's favorite translation, the ESV:   "and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain." "Written before the foundation of the world."  Sounds very Calvinist-predestinationy, right? But let’s read it in the King James:  ”And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life ...

[ Happy New Year!  Have a blessed 2025!] I just found a YouTube channel you might like, called "More Noble Berean."  I've only watched a few videos (so I don't know all her beliefs, which means there may be things I disagree with her about), but this woman - Patti - warns against a lot of the same things I've warned against, such as: Calvinism ,  "The 5 points of Calvinism Reformed Theology" Catholicism   New Age Holy Spirit Fire Encounters Channeling: Is it the Holy Spirit? But the video that really caught my attention was this one:  Kat Von D Got Baptized It made me smile because I wrote a post with a similar heart:  Calling out High-and-Mighty, Holier-than-Thou Judges, in defense of Kat Von D I really appreciated that Patti was standing up for Kat (a brand-new believer), giving her the benefit of the doubt.  It was far more gracious than many of the things I read from other Christians who condemned Kat from the very beginning.  Patti's gracious...

[Okay, another one finally from the "hardest spiritual lessons" series.] Being Truly, Humbly, Actively Thankful Luke 17:15-18:     “One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.    He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him – and he was a Samaritan.    Jesus asked, ‘Were not all ten cleansed?    Where are the other nine?    Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?’” Ten men were healed.    Only one came back to thank Jesus. Did the other nine say in their hearts, “Oh, I’m sure He knows I am thankful.    I don’t have to actually go find Him and say it out loud.    Besides, I’m too busy enjoying the blessing, the healing.    Isn’t that thanks enough?” Did they get so distracted by their joy of being healed that they simply forgot there was a Healer who made it possible? Did they feel a sense of entitlement to the healing, that Go...