Pilgrim,

That I brought up Predestination... better yet... I jumped in for irresistible reasons. I have always been plagued by the idea of predestination and right now I am coming to terms with it. anew. IF the Reformed picture is true, I want to surrender to it.

Speculation on this topic is intense to me, and intense to many. Concerning focus: I read somewhere about three distinctions of Reformed Tradition... TR-Traditional, BR-Barely, and CR-(?) Catholic (universal) – TULIP not being the issue of distinction.

I think that pursuing the doctrine of Limited Atonement is not something one can hear until one is ready. Meanwhile sincere seekers continue to respond to words like “let them come freely”. That is partly why I first jumped in this thread (regardless if this view of predestination is correct or not).

-Kathy