tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post5995416297772398193..comments2024-03-15T20:15:34.428+13:00Comments on ξενος: Failure to Launch the Calvinist RocketUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-89893973012464667292012-07-19T10:03:04.279+12:002012-07-19T10:03:04.279+12:00I'm not sure I find the theological gymnastics...I'm not sure I find the theological gymnastics of either position totally convincing but if I had to pick I would definitely fall into the Arminian camp. For me though there is still an essential problem with the systematisation of Paul's doctrine in his letters and then the attempt to shoe horn the rest of scripture and especially the gospels into it. Christian theology needs to start with the Gospels not with Romans, with Christ not Paul - not that I am saying Paul contradicts Christ, but he often appears to in the theological ramblings on the heirs of the half baked reformation.Jonathan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295840754661890186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-50984967059134336842012-06-30T09:52:50.421+12:002012-06-30T09:52:50.421+12:00Love the phrase "generate[s] a web of doctrin...Love the phrase "generate[s] a web of doctrinal inferences". <br /><br />I've flirted with the TULIP a couple of times but this is what keeps me an Arminian (with an increasing attraction to the theology of Torrance and Barth).Rhetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304503649909887605noreply@blogger.com