Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Since I was barely old enough to remember, I have had a sincere desire to know and serve my Saviour. I have lived in intimacy with Him, and while I have had my fair number of trails, they have only grown my faith as I saw His loving hand working all things for my good. I was never encouraged to develop any strong ties to a specific theology—what mattered was Christ, and Him crucified, repentance of sin and growing in the likeness of Jesus. During the Covid era, the church I grew up in shut down for a long period of time, and since my husband and I were already deeply struggling with the more progressive new pastor there, we decided to move on. We were invited by friends to a church that unbeknownst to us, is rather strongly Calvinist, and this led me into a crisis of faith. I couldn’t understand why the teaching was so vastly different. Prayer suddenly seemed ineffective and unnecessary. I felt hopelessness and despair. It has been so dark. But then, by the grace of God, I found this podcast and it has cleared up so much for me! I pleaded God would open my eyes to Calvinism if it truly was His truth, or vice versa, and it seems He led me here! Thank you, Dr. Flowers! This podcast has helped bring me back to a place of peace.

It’s taken me about seven years to come out of my 40+ years of Calvinism sitting under one of the most prominent Calvinistic pastors/preachers alive today, and to see the true love and provision of God for ALL his creatures. And Leighton’s awesome program has been not only a major confirmation that I’m on the right biblical track but has encouraged me to hang in there and to study the Bible more to make sure I can support my provisionalism from scripture. My husband and I are still in the teensy tiny minority of our circle of Christians, But every time I listen to one of Leighton‘s programs, I am encouraged and reaffirmed in the truth. Please keep it up, brother and don’t stop preaching the truth because we need you! 👍✝️

I appreciate this podcast for the training in the word and listening helps me to deal with some of my critical angry feelings I get toward Calvinists L O L thank you

I think it is poor to bash Calvinism when all of the points actually are backed by scripture. God doesn’t hate us just to hate us. He hates sin, and unless he changes our heart, we are incapable of seeing His goodness. I think you should take another look at Romans 9. Sad to hear this episode and people responding positively.