It has been a very long time since I’ve done much writing in “Thoughts for Today,” even longer since I’ve done an extended series.
Within a few days I’ll be getting a fairly short recent book: “Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy.” The book is reputed to be a mean-spirited “hatchet-job” regarding Calvinism, with the author building up “straw-man” arguments and then knocking that “straw-man” down. I will soon find out if that is an accurate assessment of the book or not. To merely parrot other’s opinions without reading the book is unwise.
In the past, I’ve written about how “hatred” is the new “love” within the secular culture. One wonders how much of that same attitude has seeped into the so-called church. If the world is to know that we are Christ’s disciples by our love for one another, hatred of other genuine Christians demonstrates the exact opposite, that we are not truly Christ’s disciples (as 1 John also discloses).
The Bible is very clear about what the core tenets of the Christian faith are, what true heresy consists of, while at the same time leaving many areas open, areas where disagreement is possible on a variety of topics is possible, without the various viewpoints being heretical (beliefs about last-things comes immediately to mind). Biblically, there are not that many areas where disagreement would be considered heretical, there are only a few core tenets of the faith where agreement is essential to remain within the Christian faith.
A review of “Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy” could prove beneficial in helping us to recognize what is, and is not, heresy, of how we are to treat other believers who disagree with us, compared to how we respond to those who truly are heretical.
We will commence the review of that book in the next post, after it has arrived, and I’ve had the chance to read it.
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