/lit/ - Literature

Explicit biblical endorsement of predestination:

>Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will

>And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

>No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

>The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

>And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

This is the best book I've ever read (aside from the Bible). After reading the Westminster Standards I
>researched the Presbyterian Church in America
>started attending a local church
>developed an active prayer life
>became embedded in a wonderful, caring community of like minded young people and families
>became a member and had my daughter baptized
>go out socializing and having dinners and spending time with new friends doing everything from playing board games to bible study to parties to mission work to caroling over Christmas
>spend every sunday worshiping and lingering for half afternoon as kids play on the playground and the wife and i plan get togethers
My life has completely changed and instead of being an atomized, intellectualizing, bourgeois secularist, I've finally discovered what it's like to live a real life in a real community with a real connection to the real God. Imagine how petty a place like /lit/ seems to me now. This might be my last post here.