Disclaimer

In my pursuit of Jesus, I love studying Scripture. I love memorizing it, taking it back to it's original language and wrestling with the meaning (sometimes translating whole passages with direct definitions to get the full nuance of the meaning), and I love having the Holy Spirit teach me new things. Sometimes, though, I really enjoy just sitting back and listening to someone else teach the Word. There are many people who have been walking with the Lord longer than I and who have received insights that astound me.

In the course of my endeavors to glean from respected teachers, I've come across many teachings and beliefs that I find fascinating. Terms like Calvinism, Arminianism, Palagianism, Monergism are bandied about constantly. My problem is, and maybe this is my arrogant youth (forgive me if it is), that I seem to be able to use Scripture to refute some of the points in ALL of these theological/soteriological beliefs. Thus, I am beginning a series of blog entries in an attempt to come to some sort of resolution or harmony in these beliefs.

As I begin this journey, I welcome friends to comment with insights, questions, thoughts, or anything really that will help contribute to this search. What I don't want, however, is arguing, fighting, or even just a simple "this is the way it is" approach to your viewpoints. As I've talked with many of my friends, this particular area of our beliefs is tough for anyone to nail down so, more than likely, if you think you have the totally correct answer, you probably haven't thought about it enough. So, to summarize: Please! comment, question, suggest, lead, direct; whatever! but above all, be respectful.