Peace if possible - Truth at all costs #18

"A Hill to Die On is borrowed from a book by Judge Paul Pressler, A Hill on Which to Die. It deals with the Southern Baptist Convention's battle with liberalism and its stand for inerrancy. The phrase "a hill to die on" is used to refer to an issue or belief held to be so important that it is worth fighting for, at all costs. The figure of speech has its basis in military strategy referring to a literal hill on which a strategic battle is fought.

The judge and other conservative Southern Baptist leaders came to the conclusion over twenty years ago that the liberal drift in the S.B.C. must be stopped, and that it was worth the fight to turn the tide. The thinking was that if liberalism were not checked, then evangelism would suffer and untold numbers of people would not come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Those conservatives leaders were right, and they and the others who joined with them were right in taking their stand. Unfortunately, however, most conservatives, having captured that hill, are now willing to camp on that hill and not move on. Admittedly, camping is much easier than fighting, but it is a luxury that cannot be ours at this time."

Today liberalism has been replaced with Calvinism which proclaims a Gospel that teaches Christ's death on the cross was sufficient only for those He predestined unto salvation. And for those who God did not predestine to save are instead, by default, predestined to Hell. I believe this view changes the Gospel message that God so loved the world that he died for all, which in turn changes the significance of what Christ has done on the Hill of hills (Mount Calvary). In attempt to retake the hill, I will start to document what Calvinist's teach about salvation, and compare these teachings with the Bible.

Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any 

portion of truth on the altar of peace

 "It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. Let me tell you something, friend, it is not love and it is not friendship if we fail to declare the whole counsel of God. It is better to be hated for telling the truth, than to be loved for telling a lie. It is impossible to find anyone in the Bible who was a power for God who did not have enemies and was not hated. It's better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. There is only one Gospel and Paul said, 'If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed' " Adrian Rogers