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Pilgrim said:
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Tom said:
One thing that I think needs to be stated, is that there are many Charismatics who believe in the doctrines of grace, . . .
And how do YOU know that there are many Charismatics who are Calvinists? Where did you get your information that would substantiate this statement? I too know of a few Calvinists who are non-Cessationists, but I would never state publicly that there are many like them since I do not have any reliable statistics which would support that. Personally, from what I know at present, I would have to say that Charismatic Calvinists are a rarity when compared to the whole. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/Ponder.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,
Since about 1970 quite a number of us ol' Pentecostals began to question DF (dispenssational futurists) eschatology. That does not make you welcome in FundyBaptoPentecostal circles. As we looked about for reasonalbe alternatives, in my family ,and quite a few others the writtings of Chilton,Gentry ,Bahnsen etc gave us a devoutly christian basis and a positive eschatology. They left no question wrt their Calvinism, so for the most part it became a natural extension.
The Calvinist authors presented,aside from Calvinism, a wholly different outlook of and for the church. Exploration and questions were welcome. In DF circles dissent is not tolerated. The reading of authors outside the group is often forbidden outright. In the AOG a local pastor could lose his church by inviting a non approved speaker in. Any thing unsupportive of and not promoting of the any moment rapture is said to be doctrines of demons.
Needless to say this sort of atmosphere does not attract the best and brightest.

Take care

Hitch