Pre-destination

[Jules C]

My church leader preaches the Calvinist doctrine that people are chosen for salvation before they are born. Once saved, always saved. And there are people shom, for that reason, canot be saved. It's a disturbing teaching. What do people think?

[legoman]

My church leader preaches the Calvinist doctrine that people are chosen for salvation before they are born. Once saved, always saved. And there are people shom, for that reason, canot be saved. It's a disturbing teaching. What do people think?

Hi Jules,

You may want to check out this thread:

http://bibleforums.org/showthread.php?t=140388

Before we repeat ourselves all over again

I also started another thread on the more general concept of everything being predestined (not just salvation):

http://bibleforums.org/showthread.php?t=141686

Cheers,
Legoman