A Calvinist's Honest Doubts (Audiobook CD): Resolved by Reason and God's Amazing Grace
"We don't really know much about Calvinism," my dinner companions confessed. "But it was a strange experience. On the one hand, we had the impression that these people felt certain they were the elect. Yet there also seemed to be some insecurity, as though performance were a major evidence of one's salvation."
As we got up to leave, a young woman who had sat through the entire discussion in silence asked if she could have a private moment of my time. We sat down again, and she began to tell a tale of grief. She was a pastor's wife. Their lives and ministry had been happy and fruitful until her husband and two close friends, also pastors, became interested in a new "truth." All three were aspiring "intellectuals." As a result of reading current Calvinist authors, they had been drawn to the writings of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, John Knox, and others. Their study, taking them all the way back to Augustine, eventually became almost an obsession. Then each of them began to preach this new "light" from their pulpits. After being warned several times to desist, they were removed from their pastorates. Eventually, her husband began to worry whether he was really one of the elect. The nagging questions grew into full-blown doubts about his salvation. Calvinism, which had once seemed so satisfying, now began to haunt him with uncertainty. Was he really one of the elect?
The above excerpt sets the scene for this audiobook, created out of a need for a non-intimidating "introduction" to Calvinism. Based on years of actual accounts and conversations, this "user-friendly" audiobook is derived from material in Dave's much larger scholarly work, What Love Is This? In Honest Doubts, readers will become familiar with the key issues in a unique format that reads like a real-life drama, because the characters are composites of actual individuals, and the circumstances are equally real.
Discover the heart of a Calvinist "seeker"--and the surprising result of his quest for truth in this fictionalized but true-to-life dialogue: A Calvinist's Honest Doubts--Resolved by Reason and God's Amazing Grace. This user-friendly, inexpensive audiobook is enjoyable to read and great to give away.
Table of Contents:
1. Why This Book?
2. An Issue of Great Importance
3. Aggressive Promotion
4. A Calvinist's Honest Doubts
5. A Victim of Subtle Deception?
6. Something Almost Diabolical
7. "Hyper-Calvinism"? What's That?
8. On the Brink of Atheism
9. Confronted by God's Love
10. Hell: Whose Choice?
11. To God Be the Glory!
12. Calvinism's Last Stand
As we got up to leave, a young woman who had sat through the entire discussion in silence asked if she could have a private moment of my time. We sat down again, and she began to tell a tale of grief. She was a pastor's wife. Their lives and ministry had been happy and fruitful until her husband and two close friends, also pastors, became interested in a new "truth." All three were aspiring "intellectuals." As a result of reading current Calvinist authors, they had been drawn to the writings of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, John Knox, and others. Their study, taking them all the way back to Augustine, eventually became almost an obsession. Then each of them began to preach this new "light" from their pulpits. After being warned several times to desist, they were removed from their pastorates. Eventually, her husband began to worry whether he was really one of the elect. The nagging questions grew into full-blown doubts about his salvation. Calvinism, which had once seemed so satisfying, now began to haunt him with uncertainty. Was he really one of the elect?
The above excerpt sets the scene for this audiobook, created out of a need for a non-intimidating "introduction" to Calvinism. Based on years of actual accounts and conversations, this "user-friendly" audiobook is derived from material in Dave's much larger scholarly work, What Love Is This? In Honest Doubts, readers will become familiar with the key issues in a unique format that reads like a real-life drama, because the characters are composites of actual individuals, and the circumstances are equally real.
Discover the heart of a Calvinist "seeker"--and the surprising result of his quest for truth in this fictionalized but true-to-life dialogue: A Calvinist's Honest Doubts--Resolved by Reason and God's Amazing Grace. This user-friendly, inexpensive audiobook is enjoyable to read and great to give away.
Table of Contents:
1. Why This Book?
2. An Issue of Great Importance
3. Aggressive Promotion
4. A Calvinist's Honest Doubts
5. A Victim of Subtle Deception?
6. Something Almost Diabolical
7. "Hyper-Calvinism"? What's That?
8. On the Brink of Atheism
9. Confronted by God's Love
10. Hell: Whose Choice?
11. To God Be the Glory!
12. Calvinism's Last Stand
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About the Author:
Dave Hunt ministered worldwide for nearly forty years, encouraging millions of believers to diligently study God's Word, and leading many to Christ. A prolific best-selling author, international lecturer, and Bible teacher, his writings have been translated into at least 50 languages. More than four million copies of Dave’s books have been sold, which include: The Cult Explosion, The God Makers, The New Spirituality, The Seduction of Christianity, Global Peace and the Rise of Antichrist, Occult Invasion, A Cup of Trembling, A Woman Rides the Beast, In Defense of the Faith, An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith, Seeking and Finding God, Judgment Day!, Yoga and the Body of Christ, What Love Is This?, Psychology and the Church, and Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny. For nearly a decade, Dave also co-hosted a weekly radio program, Search the Scriptures Daily, broadcast on over 400 stations in the U.S. and worldwide.
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A young woman who had sat through the entire dinner in silence began a tale of grief. She was a pastor’s wife. Their lives and ministry had been happy and fruitful until her husband and two close friends, also pastors, became interested in a new “truth.” Aspiring intellectuals, they had been drawn to the writings of Calvin, Edwards, Knox, and others. Their study, taking them all the way back to Augustine, eventually became almost an obsession. Eventually, her husband began to worry whether he was really one of the elect. Al’s nagging questions grew into full-blown doubts about his salvation.
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- PublisherThe Berean Call
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1928660541
- ISBN 13 9781928660545
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages104
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