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Ready, a 5-year former Shincheonji (New Heaven New Earth church) member, talks about her experience in the SCJ and why she left. 

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Jordan talks with popular Christian YouTuber Alana L about why she left Calvinism after 19 years.

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Calvinism’s Critical Error Part 1: https://youtu.be/ygePIgd7DJU

The topic of Calvinism is something that I have personally spent a lot of time studying and thinking about for the past decade. In recent years this theology has grown a lot in popularity, being propagated by popular and prominent pastors and christian leaders like John Piper, John Macarthur, RC Sproul and ministry organizations like the Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, Ligonier Ministries and Apologia Studios. 

This theology is based on a particular understanding of passages like Romans 9, John 6 and Ephesians 1, which are interpreted by Calvinists in a way that results in the conclusion that God has determined before the foundation of the world which individuals he will save and has ultimately created a countless mass of humanity throughout history for the purpose of condemning them to eternal torment in hell for committing sins that he himself determined that they commit. This may be a bit more of an abrasive and pointed way of putting it, but I think if you come to understand the claims and beliefs of the theologians mentioned above who teach these doctrines, you will see that this is an accurate and honest representation of their ultimate conclusions. I personally find the view of God that is communicated in Calvinism to be immoral and a gross misrepresentation of what the bible actually describes God to be like. 

Although I do have moral and emotional apprehensions toward this theology, that is not ultimately the reason why I came to reject it. I came to reject it on biblical grounds. After examining the many Calvinistic proof texts like Romans 9 and Ephesians 1, I became convinced that Calvinists are simply misunderstanding and misinterpreting these texts. I make videos about this topic because I believe that bad theology is harmful to people - emotionally, mentally and spiritually. 

My goal in making videos like this is not to demonize Calvinists who teach these things or to say they are evil heretics or anything of the sort, but to simply explain why I strongly disagree with their conclusions and offer what I consider to be a better way of understanding the many biblical texts that are often used to support these views.

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In this episode Jordan gives an explanation of Romans 9, and utilizes some of Paul’s arguments, language and analogies in Galatians to unpack its meaning and to explain why this controversial chapter is not teaching Calvinism.

Watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/3NMA-8PFkCE

Calvinism’s Critical Error Part 1: https://youtu.be/ygePIgd7DJU

The topic of Calvinism is something that I have personally spent a lot of time studying and thinking about for the past decade. In recent years this theology has grown a lot in popularity, being propagated by popular and prominent pastors and christian leaders like John Piper, John Macarthur, RC Sproul and ministry organizations like the Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, Ligonier Ministries and Apologia Studios. 

This theology is based on a particular understanding of passages like Romans 9, John 6 and Ephesians 1, which are interpreted by Calvinists in a way that results in the conclusion that God has determined before the foundation of the world which individuals he will save and has ultimately created a countless mass of humanity throughout history for the purpose of condemning them to eternal torment in hell for committing sins that he himself determined that they commit. This may be a bit more of an abrasive and pointed way of putting it, but I think if you come to understand the claims and beliefs of the theologians mentioned above who teach these doctrines, you will see that this is an accurate and honest representation of their ultimate conclusions. I personally find the view of God that is communicated in Calvinism to be immoral and a gross misrepresentation of what the bible actually describes God to be like. 

Although I do have moral and emotional apprehensions toward this theology, that is not ultimately the reason why I came to reject it. I came to reject it on biblical grounds. After examining the many Calvinistic proof texts like Romans 9 and Ephesians 1, I became convinced that Calvinists are simply misunderstanding and misinterpreting these texts. I make videos about this topic because I believe that bad theology is harmful to people - emotionally, mentally and spiritually. 

My goal in making videos like this is not to demonize Calvinists who teach these things or to say they are evil heretics or anything of the sort, but to simply explain why I strongly disagree with their conclusions and offer what I consider to be a better way of understanding the many biblical texts that are often used to support these views.

Watch more of my videos on Calvinism: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlJNUrjZLBEq2FhrqzT-coMx-7nbls9Vw

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In this episode I look at Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 9:30-32, 3:27 and 4:16 to explain why I think Calvinism is wrong in its understanding of faith.

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS-qONjcReQ&t=664s

Calvinism’s Critical Error Part 1: https://youtu.be/ygePIgd7DJU

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Part 2 of my conversation about Calvinism with Dr. Leighton Flowers. In this part of the conversation we look at a quote from pastor John Piper from Desiring and respond to him.

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Part 1 of my conversation about Calvinism with Dr. Leighton Flowers.

Follow Leighton Flowers on YouTube @Soteriology101

Watch the video version of this podcast here:https://youtu.be/Rz46YPkeaz8

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This video is a response to a comment I received on a recent video which insinuated that Calvinism is the "plain and simple truth" taught in Ephesians 1:5. 

Does Ephesians 1:5 plainly and clearly teach the Calvinistic doctrine of unconditional election? Has God predestined some to heaven and some to hell from before the foundation of the world as Calvinists would argue this passage teaches? In this video I look at Ephesians 1:3-5 to explain what Paul says Christians were actually chosen and predestined FOR. 

When we see references to God "choosing" or "predestining" in the bible, we would do well to not immediately assume this is a reference to "initial salvation." 

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43mDC-pHbWY&t=11s

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Is faith a good work? Is faith a gift from God that he has to decisively cause us to choose in order to get full credit for our salvation? Is faith equivalent  to "righteousness"? Prominent Calvinist teachers like John Piper seem to imply by how they talk about faith that their answer to all of these questions would be "yes." In this video I talk about what the bible says about the nature of faith in response to Calvinism's claims and the many comments that I've been receiving lately on this specific point.

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/ocEV7CznAz0

John Piper’s full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxtACnTtev0

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I'm planning to focus back on the topic of Calvinism in the coming months and just wanted to give a bit of an "intro" on why this topic is important to me and why I think that this theology is harmful and worth taking the time to talk about.

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This is a series of 3 short videos that I made a few years ago that I have put together into one longer video responding to John Piper's and Calvinism's assertions about who God's sheep are from passages like John chapter 10. 

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