You're One Of Those

One day I was chatting with a friend from Church about spiritual matters when he remarked, "Oh! You're of those!" I said, "what are you talking about?" He replied, "you're one of those Calvinists." By that he meant I was not really a Christian - in the sense that I wasn't interested in seeing folks added to the church daily as happened in the book of Acts.

I had just recently stumbled onto Calvinism by reading and listening to John Piper. Oh, I had heard about T.U.L.I.P., but had never investigated fully what that was all about. My friend's remark was said in jest, but my curiosity was aroused to the point that I began seriously investigating what it is I really believe. What a tremendous journey God has me on. Little did I know that what I had heard most of my life was a shallow, mostly man-centered, gloss of what God has truly revealed of Himself in his Word.