Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent a god in the first place?

The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.

Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview.

There is nothing more foreign, more alien, to our nature than holiness.

Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.

We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it.

A faithful person is revealed by those who hate him or her. Are you hated for your faith or ethics? If nobody hates you, maybe you have not displayed Christ openly enough.