Can't take Calvinisim..
I never realized how opposed to Calvinism's version of the doctrine of predestination I was until I began to study it. Honestly, I assumed that I simply did not understand it well enough--that perhaps there was some semantical loophole through which it could safely slip in my intellect and faith.
I find no such loophole as of yet. The more I study it, the more repulsive it becomes to me and the more vexatious it is to my spirit.
I am not giving up, though. I will continue to try to understand. I have been referred to a book which is supposed to give a great synopsis of the beauty of the doctrine and I will finish it--although a few pages at a time is all I can abide.
Can anyone help me? Does anyone have a good grasp of the doctrine and a deep conviction of its truth? Could anyone bear with someone like myself who wants to understand it but simply cannot?
If so, I beg your help.
I find no such loophole as of yet. The more I study it, the more repulsive it becomes to me and the more vexatious it is to my spirit.
I am not giving up, though. I will continue to try to understand. I have been referred to a book which is supposed to give a great synopsis of the beauty of the doctrine and I will finish it--although a few pages at a time is all I can abide.
Can anyone help me? Does anyone have a good grasp of the doctrine and a deep conviction of its truth? Could anyone bear with someone like myself who wants to understand it but simply cannot?
If so, I beg your help.