Bobby Conway--What Is Calvinism? 1056

Calvin was an heretic.

Would be nice if he would extend the same grace to Word of Faith people like me who also hold to all of the essentials and reject Limited Atonement.

Well said.

You changed your mind because you read a book “a philosopher” wrote ? Because in your mind you are over defining the sovereignty of God it becomes fatalism? Yes, indeed, God is God and He does whatever pleases Him...don’t need our approval, our liking or disliking or even that we understand
His position on any matter. He doesn’t owe us an explanation. I agree we owe to respect our Arminian brothers and sisters but the Biblical understanding of who God is, is non negotiable.

Sorry, if you came out of Calvinism than is it false Doctrine? If it is, then I would be careful to say great thinkers hold to it. The Bible is very clear about false teaching. Its very serious. And please what is the purpose of your site? To evangelize, to bring the Biblical truth of Jesus Christ? Great Commission? To show calvinists and non-calvinists can get along. Im confused by all this. I hear people say "Im not a calvinist anymore", so, is it false doctrine? Or is it a non-essential that people argue and debate over? If its not false doctrine than why did you leave it? As a Retired Police Officer, I since there is so much not being said here. God is not the author of confusion but Satan is the author of lies and deception. Why do I see more and more doctorate degree or doctorate laborers leaving calvinism without a real stated reason why. Even though they leave calvinism, I hear a lot of praise for Calvinist preachers (Great thinkers) confusing. So my Question or Questions to anyone who has left Calvinism, doctorate theologian or whoever but especially teachers or theologians, why did you leave? Do you now see it as false doctrine? or do you see it as just another biblical truth defined another way? There is a saying: 99% true Biblical doctrine mixed with 1% false doctrine = FALSE DOCTRINE. I feel there can be a lot of mixed signals being sent to this younger church generation from teachers and theologians who now do not hold to calvinism but they do not DEFINE it. You cannot ride the fence on this. IS CALVINISM BIBLICAL TRUTH? And FYI, I'm not nor have ever followed calvinism.

Calvin was not original at 25 when he penned 'The Institutes' and quoted Augustine over 4,000 times (major force in Catholic doctrine). Speaking of quoting.. we'd rather less opinion from a Joe Cool, and more exegesis of God's Word.

I was so distressed and frustrated on what to believe, I cried out to God on my bed in a loud voice “ God Help me what should I believe I’m so confused God what should I believe?”
And immediately I heard in my heart “ Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved”

Glad you've left Calvinism Bobby and obviously spoke from the heart here. Surprised how many uhs and ums that were left in on the final cut of this video though.

love this. Great perspective! love your heart for God and for God's people!

Thanks, the last bit you said is spot on. I used to watch these online deabtes amoung Biblical scholars about Calvinism, Arminisiam, Lutherans etc...(and all the others). It became so confusing it caused me anxiety and I just gave up. It was all too much. I now just keep it simple, keep to the words which Jesus spoke as they have life. I leave to God the minute details I don't understand which some are agonized over

Good logic, bad exegesis

I think John Calvin would be distressed to know that there are groups of people that call themselves “Calvinist“

Fake video

Calvinism, is where god predestines the majority of his children to the hell he created. This is a psychopath bar none.

love this channel great speaker

I disagree with how you are rebutting the argument against how Calvinists defines sovereignty of God which in my opinion is biblical. Your argument seems as it is based on philosophy first rather than based on the scripture, also how you have inline the argument with the Islam is absolutely a poor argument against how true Calvinists(NOT-Hyper Calvinists) would define what is sovereignty of God. I love your ministry and I listen to you regular bases, not to keep disagreeing with your point but to be edify by your ministry and Your testimony. Regardless of our differences, may God be glorified! I'm pretty sure, i will never get to talk to you in person. So I hope to talk to you about it in heaven with much love! I will greet you with the Holy kiss!

You are talking meat when most Christians can barely deal with milk..

I will have to respectfully disagree with you on your view of Calvinism here. The reason we respond with having faith in Christ is because God’s already done the his miracle work of regeneration on us. Just as dead Lazarus could not make the decision to become alive again, we who are dead spiritually cannot make the decision to follow God.

You’re wrong on this. We are to contend earnestly for the faith. We are commanded to rebuke those who contradict sound doctrine. Anything that’s not truth is by definition a lie. If Calvinism isn’t the truth, then it is a lie and a destructive doctrine and it is not ok to just accept it. It is a different gospel and really no gospel (good news) at all, and it should be rebuked as a teaching which does not accord with sound doctrine according to the Bible.

Calvinism is devoid of the most important revelation of God, which is the UNCONDITIONAL love of God. And they also overlook the stated plan of God in Jesus to bring ALL THINGS together under one head, even Christ. Universalism IS the gospel.

For what I read in the comments most people don’t even have an idea of what Calvinism is. I’m not a Calvinist but been studying them for a couple of years and don’t agree with it. There’s many other YT channels explaining Calvinism. Learn to be curious a do your own research (don’t be lazy). I’m not explaining anything, if you want more, do research. If you are going to research look at both sides so you don’t fall into a trap. Soteriology 101 (YT Channel) explains many of the Calvinists beliefs. If you do t know what Calvinism is maybe you are one and don’t even know.

There are many other doctrines before, during, and after Traditionalism, Calvinism nor Arminianism.

Amen and amen. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."
The perspicuous meaning of this is that God wants all to believe and be saved. God did not choose some to be saved and some to perish. God has given the way of salvation in Jesus. God also gives the grace so those who are humble enough to stop trying by their own efforts to reach the heights of God's standard, and accept the way that God has provided will be saved. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice. It is the quality of the sacrifice that counts. Now how did the foreshadowing of Christ work in the sacrifices of the temple. The sacrifice counted for all those who identified with it. So the sacrifice of Jesus counts for all those who identify with Him. If people don't identify with Jesus it is not God's fault but their own for resisting God's drawing.

I subscribed you because of this because Calvinism is sooooo biased

'And you were "dead" in your trespasses and sins' (Eph 2:1) ~ but not so dead that you can't have faith to believe?

It’s a heretical pepppering of the gospel

Bobby, love your attitude, brother. If we all behave as the bible commands us, as you are, we will come as close to the truth as we can come. Which is Calvinism, you heretic! jk

Is it possible god doesn’t exist ?

I was hoping for an easy intro (one minute, sorry...four) into Calvinism, for those who are unfamiliar. This video barely touches on what makes it controversial, much less explains what Calvinism is. It's more of a "mea culpa" (five point Calvinists are sometimes jerks) than an explanation.
It's an apology, not apologetics.

That minutia is actually how you decide the character of god. How can you witness to anyone without understanding it clearly? Free will is the only currency people have with god. Calvin shows it to be counterfeit. You can argue from both sides depending on the mood. This subject lead me to fully reject the cross. The funny thing being is no christian cares about predestination that much. If you try and discuss anything deeper than about 2 minutes of it, they don't know past that and have no intention of learning. Please understand that you just gave these folks an excuse in the name of unity. The gods on both sides of this debate are simply not the same. One is Deterministic and the other gives choice. You can't make them the same and they don't like each other. I no longer believe for so many reasons and would encourage to look at this stuff honestly. You'll stop believing as well. Most christians don't find it important enough to go past rudimentary anything in the bible. It's because of excuses like this.

Calvinism is a cult.
Calvin was not a reformer (he was a boy when Martin Luther initiated the reformation from Catholicism by the proclamation of his thesis) but a murderous heretic who facilitated and condoned burning Michael Servatus at the stake.

Excelent

I'm just here to say how much I respect Bobby's approach to so many topics. He honestly holds space for people is such a way that is graceful without compromising on God's word. I'm a confusionist as well haha

Did anyone else notice that he didn't answer WHAT Calvinism is? Just a lot of history.

WHY CALVINISM'S DOCTRINE OF DECREES IS OBFUSCATED

John Calvin
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The creatures...are so governed by the secret counsel of god, that NOTHING HAPPENS but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed. (Institutes, 1, Chp 16, Par. 3)

Thus NO impulse comes to pass within a human brain that is not knowingly and willingly decreed.
And NO impulse other than what is knowingly and willingly decreed is permitted.

Calvinist Robert R. McLaughlin
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"God merely PROGRAMMED into the divine decrees all our thoughts, motives, decisions and actions"(The Doctrine of Divine Decree pg 4)

Thus all of Adams thoughts, motives and decisions were designed to follow an infallible PROGRAM

Paul Helms
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Not only is every atom and molecule, EVERY THOUGHT AND DESIRE kept in being by god, but every twist and turn of each of these is under the DIRECT CONTROL of god (The Providence of God pg 22)

Thus the thoughts and desires within Adam's brain were determined by a mind external to his - who determined what Adam's thoughts and desires would be - and granted NO ALTERNATIVE thoughts and desires.

It doesn't take much to understand - why the doctrine of decrees - which is the KEY doctrine which makes Calvinism unique - is OBFUSCATED in the explanations of "What is Calvinism"

what is calvinism? a result of eisegesis

Sorry ... I find Conway's explanation of Calvinism lacking. Conway failed to mention a central tenant of Calvinism which is that through the construct of Unconditional Election - aka, the U in TULIP, it is God and God alone who has decided "from the foundation of the world" who are the elect (saved) and the reprobate (not saved). As I see it, God's selection of those who're to be saved doesn't mean that a non-elect person isn't able to experience guilt for their "sins" and seek remediation for those sins. So, in spite that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory, it is quite possible that an individual could on their own come to the conclusion that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. However, because this individual hasn't been chosen, he's doomed to be cast into eternal separation and can not be saved. He wasn't chosen. God didn't want him. A similar argument can be made as to infants. It only stands to reason that the overwhelming majority of children who die through abortion, accident or illness are cast into Hell - not because of any sin that they have committed. Rather, God doesn't want them. So, per sovereign election according the Calvinism, God eternally punishes the sinless (children who die before an age of accountability) and God does not reach out to any non-elect person who may otherwise be trying to find solace in Jesus' sacrifice. No way around it, Calvinism is not good news.

Calvinism and Arminianism are not the only options. I consider myself a scripturalist.

Bobby is a replacement theologian.

Stay away from calvinism & arminianism.
Stay away from fanaticism of men.
Follow Jesus, become a Christian.
Identify yourself with Jesus Christ not with fallible men like calvin or arminiuns.

Sir, you didn't explain what Calvinism is though.

You lost me at "The great John Calvin and the great Institutes" If you bothered reading the some of John's interpretation and works and some of the cognitive dissonance writings of some of the "stars of reformed theology" , like Pink, MacArthur, Piper ( who beleive God ordains Evil!!) you wouldn't be such a great fan of this false teaching. Reformers think the Bible is a math book with problems to solve, like, 'what does God really think? How does His salvation plan work exactly? Ect". And the arrogance of this doctrine is that they beleive they solved the calculations, i.e. How God worked everything out!

I just believe the Bible
Calvinism and Arminianism mean nothing to me

the word sovereign is not in the Bible and is never used to describe God.

It’s a blasphemous anti Gospel heresy from wolves that crept in unawares to poison the sheep

I think the end is the same, an Arminianist would say a person fell away or backslid then a Calvinists would say that person was never saved. In the end that person is going to hell.

Actually we are all Calvinist because of John 3:16 🎉🎉❤

Your hair tells me all I need to know. Lol