You brought it up, I didn't.
In Calvinism... where is the love?
- Thread starter Theophilus
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Hosanna
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You did jump into it by asking the question.
Then you threw in your little snide remark
And now you want to back out of it and act like you had nothing to do with it. Like a dog running home with his tail between his legs.
Inferring Calvinists are filthy rags is not a snide remark? See post #55. Now it's time to play the victim card?
I am not backing out of anything. You started it and I am happy to finish it.
Hosanna
Well-known member
Let's get It On.
But let's get one thing straight, I'll fill you on in on a little background. I've been totally minding my own business on my little Daily Devotional thread when up pops up an antagonistic unloving calvinist. Who totally disregarded the spot on this forum to discuss Calvinism and proceeded for 5 days to harass me for no reason and in the wrong section of the Forum. The administration deleted most of this posts And asked him to stop all to no avail. Therefore I decided to bring it back at him and his Calvinists cohorts.
And trust me you won't finish anything. But let's see what you got. If you claim to be a calvinist we know it's not love. Because there's no love in Calvinism.
Unloving? Sorry but calling people filthy rags is hardly loving.
There is no love in Calvinism? Who says? This should be good.
civic
Well-known member
no screaming by me just providing the history of the doctrines and their origins. I as a calvinist use to correct calvinists often who misrepresented arminians by quoting Arminius and what he actually said and taught. I did the same with Arminians with calvin and arminius.
Theophilus
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You Can Control Your Anger Before It Controls You
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city. PROVERBS 16:32 Many Christians are confused about anger. They think that as godly individuals they should never get angry. Anger can be an involuntary response whether we want to feel it or not. A person with damaged emotions from past trauma or abuse may, and probably will, respond in a self-protective mode and display anger more easily than someone who was never mistreated.
Thankfully, through God’s help those damaged emotions can be healed, and we can learn to have more balanced and reasonable responses to people, things, and situations. God’s Word says, “When angry, do not sin” (Eph. 4:26). I recall one morning as I was preparing to go to preach, Dave and I got into an argument. I was studying and he said something to me that made me blaze up quickly with anger. We said some unkind words to each other, and then he left for work. I continued to think angry thoughts and have angry feelings.
Then my anger turned into guilt, and I started thinking, How can I possibly go to church and tell others how to conduct their lives according to Scripture if I cannot control my anger? The feelings of guilt not only continued but they intensified. As the pressure mounted, I started to feel almost frantic when suddenly I heard God whisper in my heart, “Feeling anger is not a sin; it is what you do with it that becomes sin.”
That was one of the first lessons God gave me in understanding that emotions cannot be expected to merely go away because we have become Christians, but rather we are to learn how to manage them. Controlling the passion of anger, especially if you have an aggressive and outspoken nature, can be one of the more challenging things you will face in life, but controlling it is certainly possible with God’s help. Trust in Him Will you make a decision not to let anger control you and your actions? Trust God with your emotions and He will teach you how to manage them.
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city. PROVERBS 16:32 Many Christians are confused about anger. They think that as godly individuals they should never get angry. Anger can be an involuntary response whether we want to feel it or not. A person with damaged emotions from past trauma or abuse may, and probably will, respond in a self-protective mode and display anger more easily than someone who was never mistreated.
Thankfully, through God’s help those damaged emotions can be healed, and we can learn to have more balanced and reasonable responses to people, things, and situations. God’s Word says, “When angry, do not sin” (Eph. 4:26). I recall one morning as I was preparing to go to preach, Dave and I got into an argument. I was studying and he said something to me that made me blaze up quickly with anger. We said some unkind words to each other, and then he left for work. I continued to think angry thoughts and have angry feelings.
Then my anger turned into guilt, and I started thinking, How can I possibly go to church and tell others how to conduct their lives according to Scripture if I cannot control my anger? The feelings of guilt not only continued but they intensified. As the pressure mounted, I started to feel almost frantic when suddenly I heard God whisper in my heart, “Feeling anger is not a sin; it is what you do with it that becomes sin.”
That was one of the first lessons God gave me in understanding that emotions cannot be expected to merely go away because we have become Christians, but rather we are to learn how to manage them. Controlling the passion of anger, especially if you have an aggressive and outspoken nature, can be one of the more challenging things you will face in life, but controlling it is certainly possible with God’s help. Trust in Him Will you make a decision not to let anger control you and your actions? Trust God with your emotions and He will teach you how to manage them.
What we have here is a failure to communicate. I'm going to leave it up to the members that are posting in this Thread to either clean it up and treat each other respectfully or your post will be deleted.
Starting right now!
Starting right now!
Hosanna
Well-known member
I'm good with that.
And my point pointing to Calvinists does not exempt him from the same charge.
Okay time to move on. If you want to discuss filthy rags there's a link above
Moving on. Thank you.
Thank you too. My Motto is What the late great Rodney King said "Can't we all just get along?"
Hosanna
Well-known member
Same here, I apologize for being rude. I know I'm supposed to be loving and kind but sometimes I fall short.
makesends
Well-known member
Nice pun, anyhow!
Hosanna
Well-known member
You caught that huh?
Toby
New member
That's what I was trying to say. There are really a lot of good topics on this forum they're just kind of tucked away.
Ahar
Active member
I hear that, I've always liked this Thread.
