Hello,
My response to your post is NOT an invitation to expect/demand a continued "discussion with me. You are, of course, free to respond if you wish. And I am free not to respond to your response.
Second, I don't really appreciate "questions". If you have concerns, I consider it far more honest to express your concerns in the terms of an explanation of how you see things.
These are my questions to the Reformist group:
1. How is "regeneration" defined around Reformist circles?
There are many standard sources which can answer this question. If you don't know what Reformed theology teaches, maybe you should do some more research on your own. In all seriousness, I have found that simply asking questions and learning about Reformed theology "piecemeal" is a far inferior way to understand the theology, and only serves to develop more misunderstandings about what it teaches.
2. How can a Reformer say that Saint Peter's proclamation to everyone of "Repent ... and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38) does not go against Reformist principles of regeneration before repentance?
This is one of the reasons I believe "asking questions" is the wrong methodology. Your question is fallacious, as it ASSUMES that Acts 2:38 goes against our understanding of regneration before repentance. So to move the discussion forward, it seems to me that it would be more appropriate for YOU to present an argument of why YOU think they are at odds with one another.
3. How can a Reformer say that Jesus' exhortation to everyone of "Repent and Believe" (Mark 1:15) does not go against Reformist principles of irresistible grace?
Again, your question is fallacious. since it ASSUMES there is an alleged conflict.
I think it is more appropriate for YOU to present a valid argument that tries to identify this alleged conflict.
4. How can a Reformer say that Saint John's declaration that Jesus "is the propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning the sins of all the world” (1 John 2:2) does not go against Reformist principles of limited atonement?
Because it says "all the world", not "all individuals".
You are ASSUMING that it is referring to "all individuals".
All you're doing is projecting your own theology onto the text.
5. How can a Reformer say that Saint John's declaration that "if anyone does not abide in Me [Jesus], he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather and cast them into the fire, and they are burned" (John 15:6) does not go against Reformist principles of preservation of the saints?
Because there are 31,000 other verses of Scripture in the Bible. And the Bible UNDENIABLY teaches perseverance of the saints (eg. John 10:28-29).
The bottom line is that nobody is forcing you to accept Reformed theology.
If you don't believe it to be Biblical, then you don't have to accept it.
You see, Reformed Christians are confident enough in our theology that we don't have to "prove" it to anyone else. If you don't feel the same about your own theology, I feel sorry for you.
Thanking you in advance for your Bible-supported answers.
I look forward to YOUR Bible-supported assertions of the fallacious assumptions in your questions.