Pilgrim

I think I can be reasonably sure that most of what you wrote he would agree with.
Talking to him he sounds very Reformed, but he is honest enough to say that he disagrees with the Reformed understanding of regeneration. As I tried to indicate earlier, he seems to believe that what must occur before someone believes is an essential act of God. I don't think he believes it is "Prevenient Grace" either. I get the impression that he believes that this act of God is irresistible to the elect.
Again I have no idea why he believes this act of God isn't "regeneration".
In your travels, have you run into anything similar?
By the way, the talk I had with this pastor was a very pleasant one and his mentioning this particular issue, seemed odd given the rest of the conversation. Kind of baffled me to be honest with you.
Tom