Dpowellaz2@... wrote: > > Again, you are not understanding what I am saying. My sentiments exactly!!! ;-) Peace, Steve > To the Calvinist, the clear understanding of scripture always agrees > with their position. It just does not agree with others who do not > look at things from a Calvinistic presupposition! What I have tried > to state and obviously I have not a very good job of it, is that we > all, to some degree or another, have our positions settled and then > look back at scripture through those settled filters. I think I speak > for most of our non-Calvinistic brothers here, I cannot for the life > of me understand where you are coming from. I find no scriptural > evidence, IMHO, to substantiate your view. Kevin stated that my > position of being neither Armenian nor Calvinist is an ignorant point > of view. I don't think he has the authority or right to make such a > statement! I believe that I and many others refuse to allow ourselves > to be labeled by a school of thought, or as I believe a philosophy of > man no matter what the teachings of some historical figure were. I > think that both Calvin and Armenius missed it greatly! My point of > view is not categorized by a definition of any theological point of > view and is instead where I know the Holy Spirit has led me. I will > not apologize for not aligning my position with one specific > theological position or another. I will not let anyone here or on any > other forum label me and put me in a category of their choosing. > > */Shalom Alechem...Barukh Hashem Y'shua!/** * > (*Peace and Blessings in Jesus' name!*) > Pastor David Powell > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com > <http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982>. > > To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... > > To unsubs > cribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pastor Steven G. Rockhill Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church PO Box 88 Lisbon, NY 13658 315-393-9041 revrock@... http://lisbonrpc.port5.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++