In "honor" of the anniversary of 9-11, I thought I'd share on my blogs some quotes from my Calvinist ex-pastor's sermons about 9-11 or around the anniversary of 9-11.
I'm so sorry to share these. Please don't read them if you were greatly hurt by 9-11, or any other tragedy. (And speaking of tragedy: It's absolutely horrible and heartbreaking that Charlie Kirk was assassinated. It's just so senseless. It's not like he was a powerful political leader who made laws or rules that people didn't like or that affected their families or anything like that. He was just a normal guy who debated views and shared his opinions - opinions that some people didn't like. And for that someone killed him!?! Something isn't right here. May God expose what it is, and bring about justice, and protect and care for his family. My heart goes out to them! Heartbreaking!)
But these 9-11 sermons are great examples of how hyper-focused Calvinists can be on God's "sovereignty," to the point that they can't even hear how heartless and tone-deaf (and unbiblical!) they sound about a horrible tragedy that destroyed many people and families and that greatly wounded our country. (And I admit that it's sickening timing to share these sermons right after Charlie was killed, because these Calvinist sermons are all about God ordaining all evils and tragedies. Ugh.😔)
Calvinists can't even comprehend - or don't care about - the damage they might be doing to someone's faith in God. All they can think about is that they are supposedly glorifying God by singing the praises of His "sovereign control" and encouraging others to do the same, regardless of the tragedy that happened. (And they wonder why Calvinism makes people sick!)
My goal here is not to sling mud or to break people's hearts or shake people's faith, but it's to expose Calvinism for the anti-gospel, anti-truth, anti-God theology that it is. My goal is to wake people up and, yes, to be divisive - to do what I can to cut out a cancer that's invaded the church and is slowly killing it. Calvinism has hijacked our churches for far too long, and it needs to be stopped. But it can't be stopped if we keep ignoring it or politely tolerating it. And so I keep writing and sharing these things. [God, help us! What a mess the Church has become!]
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