Why I'm a Calvinist

You've heard me say I'm a 1689 reformed baptist. Today I'm diving into how I came to that conclusion and why I think it's a biblical position. You don't have to be a calvinist, but I am and a lot of you have asked me "Why Are you a calvinist?" So today you get your answer.

R.C. Sproul Explains reformed theology:

Michael Horton on Law Gospel Distinction:

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[josephbenzjr.]

Hey Dean- I wouldn’t consider myself calvinist or reformed however I’m open to it and will listen. Love learning about the Bible and theology!
Thanks for all you do for the Kingdom.

[TheMaineSurveyor]

I grew up in Dispensational churches, having no idea what Dispensational meant, except that the Old Testament had little to do with me. But one day, it occurred to me that Abraham was saved by grace through faith, and David was saved by grace through faith, and I'm saved by grace through faith. And the Two Adams illustration had a lot of impact, as well. There was suddenly a thread of continuity from Genesis to Revelation, to today. Reformed theology made a lot of sense once I started looking into it. Calvinism was simple, as I found out I already agreed with its doctrines.

[Richard_Rz]

I disagree with Calvinism as a former teacher of Calvinism for years myself. I landed as a Traditionalist and I think you're a super cool dude and interesting to listen to! Lots of love and keep studying scripture while keeping scripture the absolute ultimate authority. 👍

[vanessadesirechavez]

I am not a calvinist but I am open to learning.. I just want the truth. Thanks for being cool, brother.

[jessehudson]

Just found you guys. Im a IFB pastor just having his eyes opened to the wild world of abuse when having to deal with pedophiles of the previous administration.
Threw out everything and started studying everything all over. Im considering changing to reformed. Had to resign my forst church within one yr because they didnt like me reporting those monsters. Trying to find time to binge your vids. I want to start a podcast to tell my story and give the victims a voice. Help?

[SoldierofChrist]

I know I am late to the party but I wanted to say I enjoyed the show. I am a brand new Christian by the Sovereign Grace of God. I spent 35 years practicing traditional witchcraft and ancestral paganism as well as debating Christians and Christianity internationally. I am proud to say that I am Reformed and a Calvinist.

[GuitarManDanDanDan]

Not a Calvinist. Not any label. Labels divide. I reject them all. Love God, love others. That’s it. Be kind. Be faithful.

[pappywinky]

I grew up in a church in Quebec, my dad was the pastor. We were calvinistic, but I think it was a mix of calvinists and baptists, you could even find pentacotals in our midst. The way our organization was made was a main church with "sister" churches (This is a loose translation, church in french is feminine). You could say it was missional as a system. I remember our mother church was very fundamentalist, the older I got, the more I saw it. Not all the 'sister' churches were. I quickly found out that our province was sort of sheltered compared to the rest of Canada and even more compare to the states. It's worlds apart. My brother left the faith after going to our mother church for a while. It was so dogmatic and legalistic, my father (who did his training there) fought with them for years on a lot of aspects of church life and dogma. My brother went there for a while and eventually left the faith due to the awful things he experienced. I myself left the church for several years because of various trauma and bad experience with fundamentalists. I never rejected my faith, but even my father, who holds fast to his faith, cannot go back to a church after what we went through. After years, I'm finally building back my relationship with God and found a church I will go back to that looks faithful and good, welcoming.

[yvbdqmp]

Love the intro music! Once I spoke to a local Baptist pastor, after he explained, "Some Baptists are Arminian. Others are Calvinist." I told him, at that time, that I thought both were right. He got really quiet then said something like, "No... can't do that." I almost believed him...until I read the late, Norman Geisler.🤔

[KennethSaul]

I'm a theological determinist (monergist), not really a calvinist or a reformed theologian. But blessings y'all.

[davidxinidakis]

Hello Dean...been watching youre videos for a while. Really enjoy them. I think the supra/infra explanation was a litlle confusing though. The way i understand it in concise form is that in infra..God decrees election an reprobation with a view to the fall. In supra He decrees withlut a view to the fall. Hodge in His sys. theoogy says this has to do with the order of Gods thought, which Hodge then deems as relatively not that imporatnt. I disagree. Supra has God creating for destruction, while infra allows for benevolent intent in creation, and reprobation only decreed with a view to sin. As such i believe supra is Satanic and a false pic of God to the mind....your thoughts?

[twiceborn_by_grace]

Still learning, and leaning toward reformed.

[Jawond]

I lean towards Calvinism myself. Limited atonment is the only thing im wrestling with

[stevefraley]

Hey Dean, just finished going back and listening. Are you interested in hearing any pushback on this issue? There are a number of things I could say in reply, but I want to be sure you would be interested in that discussion.

[lukedailey]

I think you just said that you’re reformed because you’re reformed. Block that.

[yvbdqmp]

"Came out as a Calvinist..." I love it! 😆All kidding aside, though...what a tragedy, all this business of Christians trying to proselytize other followers of Jesus. My father ministered for awhile in a denomination that actually takes away a pastor's credentials/ ordination for teaching any view that challenges Dispensationalism. Talk about cutting it fine! It gets crazy out there.

[classicchristianliterature]

Fundamentalist baptist -> 1689 baptist -> Westminster (Presbyterian)

[rejoicingbones]

I’d like to see you tackle Mike Winger’s objection to Calvinism. (Love the guy and his content!) His objection in his video centred on whether faith is a work. I was surprised at how long he expounded upon that and I don’t think it’s the problem he thinks it is.

[tommywitte]

Hey Dean, when you became a Calvinist did you get A much clearer view of your fleshly depravity?Well I did.

[bobhall]

You're right, Dean! Another area I like to look at concerning predestination and Calvinism is in prophesy: When I see that the New Jerusalem is already measured out to be 1, 400 square miles, that tells me that God ALREADY KNOWS the number of believers who will be there to fit those measurements. In other words, if "whosoever will come" is actually the case... then God wouldn't know until the last minute how large to build the new city. God's foreknowledge is based on his sovereignty. Not the other way around.