Leighton Flowers– election; and my reformed response re-examined
Leighton Flowers– election; and my reformed response re-examined Over the last three or four years, my conviction about what I once held to as a Christian have changed and grown. Now do not get me wrong: I am still a Christian– that has not changed; however, what has is that I am no longer reformed (or Calvinistic) as these ideas can only be forced upon scriptures from external theological presuppositions. In other words, when we allow the full contexts of every passage to be read from beginning to end– none of them can be read honestly to support such doctrines– so as you can tell from this small introduction I will not be concerned with such ideas after this re-examination. Let me make a point here that helps us understand my new position: I am an advocate of what can be described as biblical theology; and not systematic theology. That is to say: we read the texts in context to see what the point that the Apostle or Prophet is making in the broader and much larger story narrativ