tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post801077406837402497..comments2023-08-01T20:14:02.890-04:00Comments on Thunder Sounds: Dream a Little DreamSLWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-57606184425316977992009-04-10T17:49:00.000-04:002009-04-10T17:49:00.000-04:00jul,According to my understanding of God and his w...jul,<BR/>According to my understanding of God and his word, faith is THE issue in regard to our relationship with him. God is, God speaks, God breaths (inspires), God initiates, God loves, faith responds. It's the only thing God really looks for from mankind.<BR/><BR/>I, of course, believe there's a lot more truth in one theological perspective than the other! ;-) <BR/><BR/>What makes sense about Calvinism (and really, the only thing to me) is its understanding of God's sovereignty determining that the elect get saved. As far as who the elect are, and why they're elect, and how they get saved, Armininianism holds the trump cards. As far as Kenneth Copeland is concerned, if there was ever someone I would call a heretic, he'd be that one.SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-84098988351591248772009-04-09T14:59:00.000-04:002009-04-09T14:59:00.000-04:00I love the definition of faith being a response to...I love the definition of faith being a response to God. The power of the gospel is that when we hear it, it is so glorious and wonderful and good that it would be unnatural for faith not to rise up in us. Yet for some, they will not allow faith to arise. <BR/><BR/>There is so much truth in both doctrinal perspectives (and I have been a dogmatic supporter of both at different times) but it's so great to come out of systematic structures of theology and have the freedom to enjoy the rich truths of all of them while not having to beat yourself into intellectual agreement with the parts that just plain don't make sense in light of Scripture.julhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688008902332240637noreply@blogger.com