godrulz37

Another good article/exegesis. Calvinism is deductive, proof texted, eisegesis, wrong paradigm, not based on sound exegesis. God draws, influences, woos, persuades. He does not cause or coerce because He is loving, relational, not deterministic. A wrong view of sovereignty (meticulous control) and free will (compatibilism) is much of the problem with Calvinism. It is also an exegetical fallacy to assume one use of a word with a semantical range of meaning has to mean ‘drag’, as Cheryl points out. All relevant verses show that God’s will can be rejected/resisted, by His sovereign choice (hence evil, hell, suffering, Satan, Fall, etc. cf. Lk. 7:30; Matthew 23:37). The broader context of Jn. 6 also shows there is a conditional, manward element in justification/perseverence (vs TULIP/unconditional).