Baptists and Calvinism: An Open Debate Not To Happen

I recently wrote an article (http://www.geocities.com/johnandursula/baptistscalvinism) about the upcoming debate where Drs. James White and Tom Ascol would be debating Drs. Ergun and Emir Caner at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 16th. In that article I described some of the recent history and discussions that have already occurred among Evangelicals on the issue of Calvinism, focusing in particular on the interactions that Dr. James White has had with such men as Dr. Norm Geisler and Mr. Dave Hunt. I then provided some background on the difficulties that Drs. White and Ascol had experienced in dealing with both of the Caner brothers, as well as the Liberty University debate team director, Dr. Brett O’Donnell, who was to be the moderator of the debate. The behavior exhibited by our three brothers in Christ (Ergun and Emir Caner and Dr. O’Donnell) left much to be desired both in terms of what one would consider “scholarly” interaction, and also just basic common courtesy that one would expect from even a morally challenged unbeliever, let alone one that names the name of Christ...to continue, click here: http://www.geocities.com/johnandursula/nodebate ...