Jessica Dawson wrote:
telling us that people who write "Merry X-mas" were going to hell.

Merry Xmas to one and all.

I pray the True Spirit of the advent of of God Incarnate, Jesus the Son of God, the Christ who walked among us, shall bless you all and your family and neighbours today and every day.

"Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth."

"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."

MLK sounds like another Jesse Jackson Liberal.

The modern antichrist religion is Liberalism and it preaches the Social Gospel.

To remove people away from God's Law and Holy Scripture, - all Satan has to do is increase social injustice.

Religion then becomes saving the flesh instead of saving the soul.

"...make the church more relevant...."??????????

How mind numbingly peurile can these poor fools become.

It's very clear that the Lord has rejected and rebuked the C of E as an instrument. Sure and certain is his prophecy in Scripture, that they shall be deluded and believe the lie, when they reject the Word of God, as they have done in their Liberal creature worship.

Nor do the Calvinists establish our beliefs from men.
Nor do the Calvinists study a "theological system"
Nor do the Calvinists have a specific portfolio of doctrines to rely upon.

The Lord stated His Word is forever.

That the Reformed/Calvinist should arrive at the same Biblical and doctrinal statement and testimony as many others in history, should be of NO surprise to anyone.

Mine came from the Scriptures by grace and the Holy Spirit.
I'm sure that John Calvin would say exactly the same thing.

Years after becoming a Christian and only listening to the Minister and reading the Bible, - I began to read theology and saw that I agreed with the Reformed/Calvinist position.

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Unconditional Election.

DB
"Have you met His condition?"

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"U" and "P" of TULIP

DB
"Have you ever repented of your self righteousness and placed your faith and trust....."

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Repentance like Faith is a Gift of God.

DB
"Also antinomians and Arminians are diametrically opposed to each other."

"According to Arminianism:

Salvation is accomplished through the combined efforts of God (who takes the initiative) and man (who must respond) - man's response being the determining factor. God has provided salvation for everyone, but His provision becomes effective only for those who, of their own free will, "choose" to cooperate with Him and accept His offer of grace. At the crucial point, man's will plays a decisive role; thus man, not God, determines who will be recipients of the gift of salvation."

DB The simple Truth is this.
The Word of God does NOT change every time you humanistic philosophers come up with some obscure new theory like the Dispy Junk from the 19th century.

The Non-Reformed, (eg. Arminian, Antinomian, Roman Popery... etc), reject Sovereignty in God, thereby reducing the term "God" to a lesser, - closer to creature level - god, whilst inventing their way through Scripture.

Therefore the Reformed Doctrine is Biblical Scriptural Truth and Fact.
We don't need to re-invent the wheel like you guys do. We don't need to fix it because it ain't broken.

Reformed Theology has remained the same since God wrote the Book on it.

It's you guys who continue to rewrite scripture according to your human theories, introducing the essentially human aspect into divine purposes, eg salvation.