I’ve been asked, “if I don’t believe in Calvinism, then what am I?” Great question!
First, I never said that I don’t believe in the tenants of Calvinism. I do but only with qualifications.

As for the question, “What am I?”, I am a disciple of Christ! I am His servant!

I love what Paul wrote to the Corinthians, how when he came to them “I resolved to know NOTHING except Christ and Him crucified.” When all is said and done, (and I do mean all in the very broadest extent of the word), that is where I stand, that is what I believe, in Christ and Him crucified.

I won’t say that everything else is fluff, meaningless. But we will have our disagreements and often we will argue even when we are in agreement. (Come on! You’ve seen that happen before, too! Haven’t you?) I won’t and can’t disagree with Calvinism but I won’t accept that as all there is. God can have it both ways and we are blinded to it.

Consider the reigning Messiah and suffering servant problem in Isaiah. The very teachers of the law, those who hold the very oracles of God, they missed it big time as did Jesus’ own disciples even after Jesus said that He would be crucified and rise in three days. I just don’t believe that I’m smarter than the Pharisees of Jesus’ day and so rather than hold to a doctrine which could cause me to miss the grace of God; I will follow Christ, not a doctrine.

Do I sound harsh? I don’t mean to. I feel the same about when Jesus will come back. I have a viewpoint but my opinion is meaningless. Jesus will come back according to His plan, not my perception of it. I trust Him in life; I trust Him in death, and I trust Him in the rapture whenever it happens to take place. Discuss it if you want. Maybe that’s fun for you. I’m hanging on to my Savior and I know that I’m not going to miss out on that great and terrible Day.