Near my home in Canton a local Baptist church is hosting a Sunday night conference this next Sunday that is titled “5 Points to Calvanism” with special guest Jerry Grace. I am not sure why Calvin all of a sudden became hard to spell but this is not the first time we have seen this.

Nevertheless, I do not know Jerry Grace personally other than the blog that he writes that I found this morning. Most of his topics dealing with Calvinism (and yes he knows how to spell it) have been rather subdued and reasonable. Although, I was only able to skim the most recent they seem to be somewhat fair. At least they were not hateful. However, when I decided to go back further and see what he had previously written in years past it seems that Mr. Grace has toned it down in the recent months. I can’t be for sure, because I have not had time to read everything. Grace is more dedicated to writing than most and his entries can be rather lengthy. According to his earlier post, he has a problem with Calvinist, Founders Ministries, Al Mohler, and the leadership in the SBC, not necessarily in that order.

Regardless of how Jerry Grace feels about any of these things, the fact that churches in the central Mississippi area are actually discussing doctrine rather than musical taste is really encouraging. I mean, wasn’t that the point of the Conservative Resurgence? When the Conservative Resurgence decided to hang their hat on the inerrancy of Scripture debate, I wonder if they ever imagined that they would have to discuss what Scripture actually taught after they won the battle.

No matter what is taught this Sunday night and no matter what light that the doctrines of grace is shown in, we will at least know that God is still in control and He will glorify Himself. Please pray for Jerry as he has a hard topic to discuss in a one hour presentation. I do not envy him.