Do we
believe in Predestination and Election? We believe what the Bible teaches and
we believe the Bible does in fact present this doctrine. But at the same time
we will freely admit that many Calvinists have distorted this doctrine and have
failed to do full justice to the full picture of what Scripture teaches. The
issue is actually more complicated than then simple Calvinist and Arminian
understandings of this issue. We believe the Scripture teaches us its own
understanding of logic and how to hold to beliefs that sometimes seem to be in
contradiction. The problem isn't the Scripture but in how we understand it.
This age old
question cannot be answered in a way that will please everyone but it must
emphasized that as Christians our duty is to submit to God's Word even if we
cannot fully reconcile in our minds the tension between God's Sovereignty and
Man's Responsibility.