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John Earp
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| Posted 7/23/2003 6:42 AM (GMT -6) |   | http://gospeltruth.net/heresy/heresy_toc.htm
"The Discovery of new truth will modify old views and opinions, and there is perhaps no end to this process with finite minds in any world." Charles G. Finney, Systematic Theology.
revivaltheology.net
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 7/24/2003 4:49 AM (GMT -6) | | Thanks for the tip John. That DOES look interesting.
Want to know another interesting fact about Calvin? His Institutes of the Christian Religion was intended to be an exhaustive compendium of theology. It's some 1500 pages, and in the Westminister Edition has over 39 pages of single spaced bible verse references. Yet, 1 Jn 4:8 and 1 Jn 4:16 which say that "God is love" is NEVER CITED. Indeed, I've read that in the whole corpus of Calvins work, these two verses are only treated ONCE, and that is in his commentary on 1 John where he HAS to. And all he says there is that these verses don't describe God's NATURE, but only as he appears to the elect.
Simply AMAZING.
In so far as we invariably live out our theology, perhaps its not surprising Bolsac and Servetus were killed by him.
Par for the course, no Reformed Confession mentions the love of God.
Doc
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Chris Grant
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| Posted 7/24/2003 5:01 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Want to know another interesting fact about Calvin? . . .
In so far as we invariably live out our theology, perhaps its not surprising Bolsac and Servetus were killed by him.
Suddenly, your requirement that posts not be published makes a lot of sense. Or do you make similarly strong statements in your books?
Now, if you would, please inform us all about this "Bolsac" that was allegedly killed by John Calvin.
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Tom
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| Posted 7/24/2003 5:06 AM (GMT -6) | | Doc: Simply AMAZING.
Tom: Yes indeed. Truly amazing.
Doc: No Reformed Confession mentions the love of God.
Tom: I predict a post by PoW/Al/Fred within the hour.
Tom 
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Laika
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| Posted 7/24/2003 5:38 AM (GMT -6) | | Greg Boyd
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Par for the course, no Reformed Confession mentions the love of God.
But love is so, so anthropomorphic.
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Chris Grant
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| Posted 7/24/2003 5:39 AM (GMT -6) | | Greg Boyd wrote:
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Par for the course, no Reformed Confession mentions the love of God.
Aren't these Reformed confessions?
". . . flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father . . ." (Westminster Confession and Savoy Declaration of Faith, Chapter 17)
". . . to the free good pleasure and undeserved love of God."
(Canons of Dordt, Article 7)
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Tom
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| Posted 7/24/2003 5:51 AM (GMT -6) | | Ooops. Doc, looks like Chris got ya there, no?
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Tom
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| Posted 7/24/2003 5:53 AM (GMT -6) | | Looks like I'm not a prophet either. PoW hasn't posted within the hour. Don't stone me yet. He WILL post.
"If you build it he will post."
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