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To: BereanBrain
"Calvinism requires a “small” God"

Calvinism, if brought to an extreme, can tend toward antinomianism. There is this thread in some faiths where God is so beyond our understanding that we shouldn't even try. And because God is the master of all, there is nothing we can do to even moderately enhance our chance of salvation.

In this sense antinomians focus too much on the unimaginable immensity of God. The antinomians go too far when they use this as a license for debauchery rather than a reason for obedience.

(Of course a stereotypical Calvinist's idea of debauchery might be having an extra slice of pie after dinner.)

17 posted on 10/18/2018 5:19:54 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

(Did you know that two fardels equals one nook! One nook equals about 20 acres!)


20 posted on 10/18/2018 6:45:08 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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