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The Introduction to "The God of Calvinism" (and Mr. Ruggiero's biography of Calvin)
As we continue our review of, “The God of Calvinism,” we come to the introduction. The introduction begins by framing the position that Louis plans to take: I made the decision to research this subject in March 2003, shortly after I debated Reformer James R. White on the subject of irresistible grace. As a result…
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"Why You Should Read This Book" Section of "The God of Calvinism"
Moving on in our review of Louis Ruggiero’s “The God of Calvinism,” we come to a prefatory section entitled, “Why You Should Read This Book” (pp. IX-XI). Part of this section also appears as the reverse cover material. The section starts out by alleging that Calvinism “maligns God’s character,” but then goes on to malign…
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Ergun Caner's Introduction to Louis Ruggiero's Book
Continuing my review of Mr. Louis Ruggiero’s book, The God of Calvinism, I come to the foreword by Ergun Caner. I had previously analyzed the auto-biographical aspects of that forward (here) so let me continue on to discuss the substance of Ergun’s statements. Ergun writes: Though this seems like quite a simple doctrine, in our…
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Louis Ruggiero's "The God of Calvinism"
Louis Ruggiero (aka LouRugg) has written the dangerously-titled book, “The God of Calvinism: a Rebuttal of Reformed Theology.” Ironically, the book has as front-matter before the (first) dedication “A Prayer at West Point Chapel.” The prayer reads: Make us choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be contented with a…
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Ergun Caner: Forward to Louis Ruggiero's The God of Calvinism
Ergun Caner’s introduction to Louis Ruggiero’s recently released book is short (two pages). The first page, first sentence is this: “For the first half of my life, I was raised a Muslim. My father, an ulema (that is, a scholar in Islam) drove home the key concepts of Islam that guided every single step of…
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Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart – Debate with Louis Ruggiero aka LouRugg
The following is a transcript of a debate that took place in October 2009, between Louis Ruggiero and myself (TurretinFan) (link to WMA format recording of debate)(link to mp3 recording of debate). Mr. Ruggiero is a non-Calvinist, as is the moderator, kalmotzah (I’m not sure her real name). I took the Calvinist position. Matthew Lankford…