Straw

I noticed that the Arminian (Roger) thinks the God that Calvinists believe in, is an unloving God.
He plays on the emotions and to be quite frank, that is an obstacle that I had to get over before I became a Calvinist.
In my case (though I didn't realize it at the time) the reason why I had a hard time embracing Calvinism is because of the faulty understanding of God that Arminianism teaches. Mainly that we should look at Scripture through our own eyes.
When we do this however, when we read passages like Romans chapter 9 (i.e. verse 13) we end up having to put a different understanding on the passage in order to keep our understanding of God than the Bible actually intended.

The true way to read the Scriptures is through the eyes of our sovereign God. He is God not us. Only when we learn to do this will be able to see the whole truth.

Question: When you read passages like Romans chapter 9, are you reading them through your own conception of God or just letting the Scriptures speak for themselves (in context of course)?

If it is through your own conception of God, then you will not be able to take the insult. But if it is the later, then you will start to see the sovereign God as He is.

Funny thing is, when I finally started reading the Scriptures properly, my former thoughts about the Calvinist understanding of God, began to melt away.

Tom