Why I Left Arminianism

You should have seen it. When I came out of the closet and declared that I believed in God's divine election, all hell broke loose. Almost all of my friends told me I was in serious error/danger and many pastors as well. The circles I ran in didn't take kindly to them Calvinist types. (Even though I don't like to call myself a Calvinist, I am just going to use it for general utility in this post. Carry on.) My mom was upset and we got into a lot of arguments. My dad rejoiced that I was studying the Word, which I expected. I mean he did, after all, read me works by Charles Spurgeon, AW Pink, John Bunyan, and Martin Lloyd Jones as a little boy. He was pretty much responsible for this. My mom isn't without blame, to this day she is still my go-to theologian.
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