He writes, вЂњ was buried on Sunday in an unmarked grave at a secret location somewhere in Geneva. In Robert GodfreyвЂ™s book John Calvin: Pilgrim and Pastor, he records CalvinвЂ™s adamant desire to be forgotten after his death. To be clear, both of these men would be appalled at the idea of their names representing such important theological positions-especially Calvin. Now, this article is not intended to share my personal conversion and commitment to reformed theology, I have already done so in an exhaustive exposition titled вЂњ How God Saved, Freed, and Reformed Dale Partridge.вЂќ In this piece, however, I would like to present a brief look at the critical theological differences between Calvinism and Arminianism and why I have convictedly sided with the former and not the latter. In fact, to my regret, I actually dedicated an entire chapter to the defense of Arminianism in one of my books. I comprehended the philosophical argumentation and was, in my conscience, a full-blooded free-will theologian. Tozer, Norman Geisler, and Ravi Zacharias. I had studied the sermons and theology of John Wesley, A.W. Prior to adhering to the Calvinistic position, I was a highly informed and white-knuckled proponent of Arminianism. Coming from a long history of dead religion, the radical spiritual awakening that occurred at the point of my rebirth drove me to an insatiable investigation of the process of my own rebirth and salvation.

Several years ago, in an audio clip from a John Piper sermon, I remember him saying (and IвЂ™m paraphrasing), вЂњWhen I found myself alive in Christ, I quickly embarked on a journey to understand what happened to me?вЂќ This was true of my conversion as well. It is in this second question that we, as Christians, find the comprehension and, as a result, the beauty, wonder, gratitude, and glory of the first. It is the polisher of the diamond or the exalter of the prize. However, it is the second question that magnifies the magnificence of the first. The first-century Greek philosopher Plutarch defends this fact when he said, вЂњIf we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw.вЂќ Our relationship with God is paramount. Society proves this by sheer sociological evidence. The first, as we know, is lifeвЂ™s most primary issue and devours any other curiosity that attempts to rival against it. The first must obviously precede the second because the second deals with the preexisting state of the first. The second is a historical investigation.

They are questions that have haunted some, plagued others, and overjoyed many. The answers to these two questions will shape every facet of your existence-from tying your shoes and choosing a church to how you discipline your children and even the focus of your funeral. There are two essential questions in the human life.

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