Was Peter a Calvinist?
Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers
Leighton Flowers
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🗓️ 20 July 2015
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Peter is concerned that His Lord doesn't suffer. He sincerely want to protect the glory of His Lord, but Jesus calls him a stumbling block. Could some people unintentionally be seeking to protect what they feel is the glory of God while actually serving as stumbling blocks to what is truly glorious? Let's dive in.
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| 0:00.0 | Was the Apostle Peter a Calvinist? |
| 0:02.0 | Well, there's at least one time he kind of acted like one, so let's look into it. |
| 0:07.0 | Oh, am I wrong? |
| 0:09.0 | Am I wrong for thinking that a choice is not for real? |
| 0:13.0 | Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:15.0 | Oh, oh. |
| 0:16.0 | Now, am I wrong? |
| 0:17.0 | For thinking we're responsible when we see. |
| 0:20.0 | Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah see that's just what is real |
| 0:24.6 | that's just what is real |
| 0:28.6 | that's just what is real |
| 0:32.6 | able to reason things that we can't see in our last episode we played a former podcast. |
| 0:44.6 | The Seminary Dropout interviewed Austin Fisher, the author of The Young Restless and No Longer Reformed. |
| 0:50.5 | If you haven't heard that podcast, I encourage you to listen to it. |
| 0:53.1 | This is kind of a continuation of that discussion, yet I'm going to approach the question from a little |
| 0:57.9 | different angle. I've gotten a lot of hits and replies and a lot of feedback on my blog post |
| 1:05.8 | regarding which of the sociological views is really more man-centered and humanistic. |
| 1:11.6 | And the argument that Austin made in his broadcast and one that I've made in other formats |
| 1:17.6 | is that a God that is self-seeking and is seeking his own glory above the welfare of humanity is oftentimes seen as more glorious in the |
| 1:31.6 | Calvinistic perspective, whereas our argument is that God's glory is reflected best in the fact |
| 1:38.2 | that he does put the needs of humans and the needs of others before himself. |
| 1:43.3 | In other words, he empties himself, as Philippians chapter two talks about, |
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