Calvinism And John 6 Message 1

INTRO: We are going to take a little time out from the series of messages on the early parables of Christ to look at an important doctrine that entered around the time of the reformation. A month ago I did a wedding and at the wedding a young man came to me. It did not take him long to bring up what he wanted to talk about and it was Calvinism. So we had a lengthy discussion. At the end of this discussion he said, “Just answer one verse of Scripture for me.” And that verse was John 6:44.
I had studied Calvinism some years ago for myself and was content to leave it at that. The doctrine of salvation in Calvinism was so far off base in my thinking that I had no further interest to pursue it. Later Dave Hunt wrote a book called, “What Love Is This?” He did a very thorough and well documented work on Calvinism. By now several other books have been written that at least all those considering Calvinism should read. They are the book I mentioned, and then there is a book called, “The Dark Side Of Calvinism”, by George Bryson. And just recently a book was written by Dr. Bob Kirkland called, “Calvinims: None Dare Call It Heresy.”