tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635134.post5685519922410915957..comments2023-06-22T02:58:07.701-07:00Comments on Bright Idea Blog: Beyond the Five Points of CalvinismD.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15803182367276364161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635134.post-44813997338158087122010-04-16T23:20:14.312-07:002010-04-16T23:20:14.312-07:00I have actually been enjoying this process. It has...I have actually been enjoying this process. It has been a long one for me, listening to Koukl and nt realizing he was Reformed or what that even meant, just that what he was saying was lined up with solid Scriptural understanding.<br /><br />It is tough to come up with the idea, mostly here in the US, that I couldn't somehow have something to do with it. Even if it were a matter of my D.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15803182367276364161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635134.post-61075550476209384242010-04-14T15:00:01.862-07:002010-04-14T15:00:01.862-07:00Well, that’s one way of looking at it. I prefer t...Well, that’s one way of looking at it. I prefer to summarize Calvinism as follows: thorough, uncowardly and brutally honest.<br /><br />Thorough--None of the likes of erudite people such as Augustine, Calvin or Beza were ignorant of Scriptures which would later become Arminian proof texts. Rather, they formed their “monergist” ideas precisely because of an awareness of and attention to various Kwame E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15488522430317936751noreply@blogger.com