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In this excerpt from Micah Coate’s A Cultish Side of Calvinism (Innovo Publishing, 2011), George Bryson explains why he challenged Calvinism despite recognizing that many who embrace it are sincere and devout believers. Bryson argues that some have been “hoodwinked by spiritual intellectualism”—trading the simple, childlike faith of the gospel for a complex theological system. Drawing on Bryson and Vance, Coate examines the tendency to make salvation a mysterious decree rather than the simple good news presented in Scripture.
In this excerpt from Micah Coate’s A Cultish Side of Calvinism (Innovo Publishing, 2011), George Bryson explains why he challenged Calvinism despite recognizing that many who embrace it are sincere and devout believers. Bryson argues that some have been “hoodwinked by spiritual intellectualism”—trading the simple, childlike faith of the gospel for a complex theological system. Drawing on Bryson and Vance, Coate examines the tendency to make salvation a mysterious decree rather than the simple good news presented in Scripture.
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