When I was a christian I absolutely hated your teachings Rabbi, but now that I've seen the light, I absolutely love them 😂

Having come out of reformed theology, I have to say your explanation of it is spot on.

Worshiping man as God is totally wrong. As simple as it. Case close.

Todah Rabah. Brilliant and informative.

Wow,this was great.

Even if the Rabbi misrepresents some Christian beliefs and mixes up some doctrines, he still debunks Calvinism as the nonsense it actually is.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! Rabbi Singer and Team!!!!

What is it that makes me immediately think of zombie and voodoo when I listen to the thought processes of some folks expressing their particular Christian beliefs, they for reason I will never understand suddenly seem to be transported to some alien universe where logic and reason simply has no existence and simply does not exist.

Calvin's father was quite the control freak himself. No wonder his theology is so messed up. I believe that God endows all people with a basic sense of worth and value.

I appreciate the kindness that you show to those of us (“sweethearts”!☺️) who are new to any of these understandings of the Hebrew Scriptures! You speak with authority and knowledge but also with kindness and grace. Thank you!

Rabbi Singer makes the best Calvinism burns on the internet. I love it.

As an ex-Christian, I always want to cry when listen to your words. I finally find a Ture path, the right way to love the G-d. Please keep doing this, I truly believe that you people are the priests for our non-jews.

I no longer consider myself Christian for some time...I don't claim any religion...but I try to do accordingly 😇💜📜

Calvin was so popular in Geneva that they ended up running him out of town. Pity they ever invited him to run the city in the first place.

Thanks so much for posting this; outstanding.

How do I call into the Show? I have a question that I havent heard any rabbi answer.

Thank you Rabbi Singer for this awesome lecture! Baruch HaShem

just what i needed :))))))))))

Hello, pardon me. Would you please clarify who/what the Angel of the Lord is, I'm asking about the one with the sword and the donkey? The adversary?

on Monday august 24th right after midnight God spoke to us and said Listen for the call we are going home soon. listen to god.

Hey y’all I believed this stuff at some point. It is very difficult and requires a massive dose of self denial regarding any compassion that I had toward so called non- believers. So happy I gave it up and can look at everyone with love knowing they are in Ha Shem’s good hands only just like me. Now I can embrace them without this lingering thought that they are destined to be fuel for G-d’s fire without any hope of redemption. Nonetheless the logic of Christian theology requires either Calvinism or Universalism. Thankfully many Christian’s have chosen the latter route.

Back at my time in Bible college, I was a reformed Christian. Listened to all the popular reformed theologians of the day. Matt Chandler, David Platt, John Piper, R.C. Sproul, James White, Jeff Durbin, etc. Jacob Arminius believed in a partial depravity, whereas the followers of Calvin believed in a complete depravity. As well, Pelagianism rejects depravity all together and said Adam's sin had no effect on man. I would argue that the Reformed position on Total Depravity is just a little bit different than what you had presented. All Christians agree that no righteous deed can earn salvation, but total depravity takes it a step further and says that man is not capable of repenting or even believing the gospel. Meaning, that an un-regenerated man left to his own doing would never ever choose to worship or follow God. They are "slaves to sin." and that "no one in the flesh can please God." Arminius believed that mankind is partially depraved. They are unable to choose God on their own, until God "draws" the person to them. Most Christians who don't believe in reformed theology but still hold to a partial idea of depravity says that it is through the power of the gospel that enables unbelievers to repent or have faith. But to the Calvinist, faith itself is a gift. If the Holy Spirit did not regenerate your heart and give you the gift of faith, you would be forever stuck in your sins and never repent even if you heard the gospel day after day. So I would argue that Total depravity is controversial. At least to the Calvinist. Without total depravity, there is no need for irresistible grace, unconditional election, limited atonement, or perseverance. (Which is why I always joked with people who called themselves, "3 point calvinist.")

Such an amazing point to raise. The gospels do not have theology. How many Christians know or understand this. They don’t even think they have a theology, just a “relationship”. Never mind that the entire relationship is defined by Pauline theology.

What’s going on in Exodus? (Romans 9)

I live in NW Iowa (United states) and the biggest denominations here are Dutch reformed. TULIP is a big thing around here. Calvinism is a stain on Christian theology.

This is awesome Rabbi, I cannot thank you enough. This time it’s really beyond words for me again. Thank you for your precious message.

I had one of those conversions that William James wrote about in his "Varieties of Religious Experience", similar to that experienced by Marie- Alphonse Ratisbonne. This being said, I do appreciate the shows/lectures that you put on such as this one. It is disturbing that Christians threw stones at you when you were a kid in Brooklyn. There is no symmetry on that. In other words, I have never heard of a Christian complaining that Jews threw stones at him and chased him around.

What's the song at the end of the video?

Thank you dear rabbi!!

YOU,RABBI, "OUR "BRILLIANT!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

I've been watching your videos a lot lately and have found them to be very eye opening. To find out, after so many years of Christianity, that I might not have ever had any good idea of who exactly hashem is has been a tectonic realization for me. I'm still wrestling with what to do with this knowledge. I present the following in all respect and earnest, mainly because I believe you can give a good answer. These matters are important, and they are questions for which I need answers as I consider the course of what remains of my life. Firstly, let me point out that I share every bit of the revulsion and disgust that you have toward Calvinist theology. It seems, however, that the problem you've identified here is fundamentally the problem of evil, and is a consequence of the idea of an all-powerful god who created all of us, of whom not all will find our way to him. In short, if god is all powerful, and if he created us all, and if not all of us find our way from damnation, then he is ultimately responsible for those who will be damned. I'm afraid I find very little in what I understand to be Tanakh that can lead away from this understanding. Did god not harden pharaoh's heart? Did the firstborn children of Egypt get a chance at redemption? Indeed, the very idea of a chosen people implies that there are those who were not. It grieves me to be forced to conclude that Calvinism, for all its repugnance, unfortunately does not seem to diverge from these fundamental understandings. Help me. Thank you.

Do you have knowledge of readers of Gospels and Paul's letters in a way that diverges from your very Reformed presentation of both of these genres?

Rabbi, pls talk about The *Circumcision Controversy* _by Paul_ and the *Council of Jerusalem™*

7 Laws that's ALL G-d wants from you, UNLESS you are born of the Jewish Nation ✡. 7 Y'ALL That's IT!!!!! Why would I not thank G-d, and run to His Love and kindness!?!? You must fulfill them recognizing your doing it because the one true blessed G-d says to.

Holy Smokes.... This was beautiful

Shalom Thank You Sir 🖖💜

Thanks

Yet another perfect answer to Christian lunacy. I did not even know they thought this way. Thank you, by the way, ouch!, what happened to your finger, sir?

Such a nice explanation..just wonderful .

One of the main sources of Calvin's theology is Paul's quoting of Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated, which was said before either Esau or Jacob had been born and therefore before either had done anything good or bad. However, Paul also said that if Esau had not sold his birthright Esau would have inherited the blessing. Unlike Calvin, Paul attributed election to God's foreknowledge of what was going to happen. Foreknowledge also explains why why God was content that Philistines remain in the land of Israel, that Canaanites be driven out of the land and that the remembrance of Amalek be blotted out. God foresaw Haman and every other Agagite that would try to destroy Israel. Peter also says God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Also, Luke who is closely associated with Paul as a travel companion and most faithful to Paul during Paul's second more severe imprisonment, said of the parents of John the Baptist that they were righteous before the Lord, walking in all the commandments. Jesus also said he had not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance, which presupposes that there were some righteous people he had not come to call to repentance. Calvin seems to have treated the scriptures as if they are given for making mathematical equations and that you can take a few words skipping here and there and put them together according to a preconceived framework and not come up with something that says more about the man Frankensteining the equations than about God. The things Paul said about the Gentiles in Romans chapter 1 and 2 are not about the Church, but about people who do what is righteous without knowledge of the Scriptures. Paul consistently speaks of three distinct entities, Jews, Gentiles and the Church and warns Christians not to give offense to any of the three. The reason the Paul speaks about election in Romans is primarily to inform Gentiles that Jews are elected because of God's promises to the Patriarchs concerning their nature seed, that God would be their God. Paul says God counted all the Jewish people, with the obvious exception of those like Paul who believe in Jesus, in unbelieve that he might have mercy on all Israel at the resurrection. Paul goes on in the 11 the chapter of Romans to warn those who were formally Gentiles not to boast against the branches, i.e., the Jewish people, who had stumbled, but not for the purpose that they would fall but for the sake of the Gentiles to be saved, though unlike the Jewish people, there is no promise to the Patriarchs to save all Gentiles, but the Gentiles stand only as long as they believe and that shall be counted to them for righteousness, where God will be merciful to the Jews unrighteousness when he opens their graves. There is another problem with total depravity which is that Jesus says that as it was in the days of Noah so will it be in the coming of the son of man. In the days of Noah, every thought of the heart of man was continually evil all the time. If we have gone two thousand years with the Son of man returning then we have not yet come to the point of total depravity of man. I have heard preachers say you have to depend on Paul not Jesus for theology. That is nonsense. Paul distinguishes where he says something he thinks is right concerning marriage from what is said by Jesus, which Paul holds to be superior to his own ideas, even if based on biblical principles rather than by revelation.

Excellent explanation of "Unconditional election" while emphasizing the depravity of "Limited atonement". The Gospel is sheker and Xtians need to learn this! Thank you Rabbi !!! B''H

Funny Christian say no one can be righteous but even in there own writings say in Luke 1:5-6 it says there was a priest named Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. Also in Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. Paul himself said 3 times.. once in acts 25:8 8 Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense Seems all Christians over look these bothersome verse from their own writings... I would love to see how a Christian can defend that no one can be righteous with out jc and also ignore everything the TaNaKh says..

It's strange that Paul would say people cannot keep the law, when he seems to say he did keep the law. "In righteousness based on the law I was blameless." Phil 3:6. He also praises the law. "So then the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good." Rom 7:12. Is this another case of church dogma overriding scripture.

Thank you for the video. I have a question? So after you said in the beginning that Christianity have rejected Calvinism...do you believe that Christianity was different before or after Calvinism? Also why do you think God chose Jesus to be a Jew? Thank you if you reply.

always learn something new here!

Well said Rabbi

What do u think about the "wicked bible" and G-d's great asse

I enjoy these, as a reformed baptist, I watch many of your videos to get a better understand of our roots; I’m 22 and fairly new to reformed theology so I apologize if I do not represent it as fully, election stands as follows: Romans 9:9-13 displays the argument of election as the method God has chosen, not according to works and it’s according to God’s foreknowledge, Paul demonstrates this by quoting Malachi 1:1-4 (Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated) when it is written “is not Esau, Jacob’s brother?” before they had done any good or bad work, God in his foreknowledge had already elected Jacob Those who repent/faith in Christ are elected are therefore chosen by God before birth in His foreknowledge and omniscience; Paul writes that the wages of sin is death, separation from God, therefore, is not election and the fact that some are saved and not cast unto death already infinitely more merciful? that there are those who are elect that accept the blood of the Lamb and be saved?

I have a question, why do people take Jesus's name in vain? Why don't you take the name of Muhammad in vain, or Hitler, or Mussolini, Stalin, etc, why? Why is it a good person like Jesus?

This is a really powerful discussion of truth. I greatly respect Rebbe Singer for not shying away from a controversial topic. Thank you for the work you do.

@16:07 how do people choose in that theology? God has to be the one to “draw” them as John says. It’s a total work of God the father to believe in the Son. In that teaching

Can anybody suggest me how to ask Rabbi??

Good talk Rabbi. Shalom

This is what happens when you try to modify the Torah of the Almighty G-d, all sorts of heresy arise from such things

I never cared for John Calvin. TRUTH BE TOLD IT IS A HUGE HUGE WEIGHT OFF OF ME TO BE ON THIS NEW JOURNEY!!! GETTING RID OF ALL OF THIS UNNECESSARY WEIGHT. THAT TOTALLY HAD ME SCREWED FOR AGES!!!! CONSTANT PRAYER MY ONLY HOPE !!!! TONS OF PRAYER TO GET TO THIS POINT!!!! Your explanation really opens my eyes to the TRUTH OF THAT nasty subject predestination. I had that in my face. The UNTRUTH I have been fed. Again born into this religion!! Have tons of unlearning to do!!! At 35!!!! But better late then never!!

Please make Indonesian subtitles,Mr Rabbi.I Subscribe to your channel,but I don't understand English🙏🙏🙏

Kvod haRav, you are amazing. Truly fulfilling your shlichus in every way. 🙌💙🔯 I grew up with a similar traditional Jewish education, Tanach/Mishna/Gemara etc, and I didnt even read the NT until I was in my early 20s. Since then I've watched many debates and am much more familiar with Christian theology, but I have to say you are just incredible in your understanding of the nuance and bring "mekoros" (just kidding)... But you are amazing. May Hashem bless you and yours for all you do and have a Shana Tova umtuka! 🙌🔯💙🙏

‘This is like...Christianity on acid’ lmao

Rabbi said that Abraham kept the Law but since Abraham lived before Moses and the Torah how was that possible?

I was a Christian years ago and had a pastor who was a Heroin addict found Jesus .turned his life around and helped people then he died in his 40,s because Hepititis finally killed him. He had a good heart so Jewish teaching says I think a good person can have after life. Is this wrong? Is he in hell?

Thank you Rabbi for the freedom and truth. I have been mistaught, mislead, mislabeled all my life. TY

Thank you Rabbi, your explanations are outstanding. You are so thorough...

It also seems to me when Catholics began the process of confessing to a priest the ritual of atonement was undermined. Is this why the Catholic Church has always been so brutal to children?

So if You beleive in the Torah, Genesis and the first sin of man Adam, how do reconcile to God?

thanks tovia singer for all your messages i have recently turned from calvinism which i have believed in for 15 yrs in fact it was this week that i was lead to the jewish verses via your channel and a cpl others about the oneness of God. had my eyes opened so i prayed that i would be forgiven for the idolatry of the trinity. i was sooo convinced that calvinism was right compared to the arminian view which i also was brought up in..i have experienced the 'peace that passes all understanding' and the 'deep assurance' yet even christains say do not go by ur feelings. feelings come and feelings go but i 'really had a internal to me confirmation that it was true. i even had the feeling heighten when the minister came to my house after my conversion - 'when 2 or more are gathered in my name i am there' almost mystical...was this a test from God or satanic deception?? but here i am now probably the only noahide gentile in n.ireland lol the one thing i need to know about this compared to arminian theology which says that you can lose your salvation while calvinists say 'i will never leave you or forsake you' ie once saved always saved.. basically i have not a clue where to go from here!!! i will keep listening but it seems flimsy we all sin in the mind millions of times what do we need do not to fall out of favour? seems like the calvinist term a 'works ' religion but here i am . thanks anyway

Thank you Rabbi

18:18 ...brutal is a smile on my face and wrath is music on my chest...

Before I bought my New Tanakh and still in my old Hebrew Roots Bible .....the last almost 2 years I had NO INTEREST in the new testament but was devouring the Old Testament!!!!

I got sucked into reformed theology back in high school, and for me and others, the religious rationalism and the logic of the system holds great appeal, which is how some people get sucked into it. Later I came to realize how twisted it is. In that system, most people are essentially created for the purpose of going to hell, without any hope of redemption. Really sick indeed.

Although I have no religious affiliation, I have been exposed to the way Christianity borrows, changes, and bastardizes the Torah. Your explanations are always crystal clear and exposes their agenda at every turn ! It is Jewish scripture and should only be discussed by those both knowledgeable as to its true meaning and competent enough in Hebrew to know what it really says. Enjoy all your presentations. - Rich

One of the problems with Christianity is that most Christian Sunday sermons are either solely about the New Testament or are Joel Osteen style sermons that have very little to do with either the New or Old Testament. Most of Joel Osteen’s sermons resemble improved motivational speaker Tony Robbins type lectures on how to be successful in life. Deuteronomy 4:2 basically says not to substitute other Joel Osteen type material for the Old Testament that supports Christianity’s adulterous, idolatrous worship of idols, money & financial success. The reason the Old Testament is so important is that the Old Testament is more or less a history book of the human race. And if you don’t learn from history, you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes you have made in the past. The main problem with the New Testament is that in terms of a history book, it only goes back to the time of JC. The New Testament just doesn’t cover a very long time period. The Old Testament goes back to creation of the universe and covers a much larger time frame. -

Cant see even one crazy calvinist coming here to try and defend their outrageous dogma. Congratulations rabbi Singer.

I'm evangelical Christian and the Rabbi is so right on this issue; Reformed Theology (or Calvinism) is awful, and most Christians reject it. I enjoyed his explanation based on Torah

Thank you Rabbi- I learn a lot from your teachings.

A point . To look at this that and the other thing . All have a part of there own point .

OMG, I knew people that believed in Calvinism! I used to rent a guesthouse from them in California in my early twenties. Their belief was that since G-d is all-knowing, he knew before we were even born whether or not we would “accept” Jesus and go to heaven. So why would he let anyone be born that he knew would go directly to hell after they die? 🙄 Oh, and you should hear what they would say to me, as well as other people, who did not accept Jesus as mashiach!

Jesus considered those that followed the Torah (most of the apostles ) and knew he was the Messiah as predicted in the Torah(Danial,Isaiah )as righteous

Tovia does NOT beleive the Prophets... He fails to see the messiah in them....

The vast majority of Christians are not Deterministic as the Calvins. This falls under the heading Reformed Theology, but not all of the Reformation would fall under the heading of Determinism.

As a Christian, I do recognize a lot of what you say as true. I also agree for the most part about your interpretation of Calvinism. Also with how controversial it can be, but I would like to add, that the L in TULIP, might not necessarily mean they were elected for (Heaven) and the unelected are damned to hell. For illustration purposes, The people who were (let's say) not elected, might be the ones who are left behind in the rapture according to Pauls's epistles. If that is the case, then they will still have an opportunity to be saved (elected ). My understanding of the L isn't fully concrete I do recognize that, but I'm just playing a little devil's advocate. Because I don't think at the time of reformation they would believe something so obviously absurd.

Great talk, Rabbi! I'm an atheist ( raised Catholic), but I gravitate where my thirst for a lifetime of continuing education takes me, and you are a great teacher and expositor. In fact, you're better at Christianity than most Christians I've known in my 40 years. Frankly, Paul lost all luster for me after I studied Nietzsche's estimations of him in my early twenties - "...Paul nailed Jesus to HIS cross...". Jesus was a Jew; Paul (along with John, I suppose) made him into a Christian. If the "belated testament" consisted solely of Mark and the Epistle of James, I might still be able to live with being a Christian. But 2000 years of utter confusion and theological rubbish proves too much a horror to even spend a moment of my limited life trying to unravel and make sense of...as my wonderful grandma used to say, "...like trying to pick the peas out of the stew..." Peace and Love to All!

The Enemy is keeping this man from CHRIST.. I pray for you.

God did not preselectcertain people to be saved.The bible says God wishes all to repent and be saved.

Just found this channel, honest question, in Judaism how does one make it to heaven, is it works based salvation?

First dislike already, amazing.

JESUS didn’t die For our sins he died BECAUSE of sin.

Ezekiel 18 closes the book on the claims of reformed theology. Romans 9 - 11 closes the book on Rabbi Singer spat against Paul. The entire OT dismisses his optimism on Jewish righteousness.

As a Christian who denies Calvinist theology, I think this is a pretty good description of the lunacy of Calvinism. The one exception is with the “T” of tulip. While I would agree with what you described, it does not cover the extent of Calvinist belief. They believe that not only can’t you do anything to earn your salvation. The “T” of tulip means that you could never even want to turn to God unless you are one of the elect.

Hello Rabbi Singer...shalom. Do you believe in the coming of the Jewish Messiah as prophesied in the old testament? Did that Messiah arrive already or are we still waiting? Anyways much appreciate your reply. Mahalo

Not every denomination believes in total depravity! Only Calvinists believe that!

I've never been so confused until I actually started studying the Torah and Tanakh. Christianity is ridiculous lawless, pagan, confusion

Thank you for this video. I have a relative who is involved in this cult. Completely crazy and disgusting. Hey, Rabbi, I was also born in 1960 and loved playing with my GI Joes. Remember the ones with life-like hair? The good old days.

I want to ask Rabbi. How is your view about the land that was given by rothchild.

I have a question. My mother who is Israeli says that Judaism is a dead religion without the sacrificial system and no temple. How would you respond to her?

Do you believe that the lord, Abraham’s seed and that all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him

I believed in calvinism when I was still a christian. Main reason is of course teachings of Paul, but secondly it was consoling to think that I cannot fuck it up. If I go to hell forever, it was because I was not chosen to be forgiven - If I was chosen, I could not mess up and go to hell as a result of my own actions. Having been afraid for a decade of not making it as a christian, calvinism was a message of true hope. Later I finally understond, partially thanks to Rabbi Singer, that christianity is not true. Am an agnostic now...

This reminds me a little of the patrician disciples of Shammai and the problem they had with accepting Noachides, Gerim Toshav, and the doubts they had about the self-loathing Gentiles they converted having a share in the World to Come. It is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Eliezer says: It is written: “The wicked shall be turned back to the netherworld (sheol, lit. the grave), all the nations that forget God” (Psalms 9:18). “The wicked shall be turned back to the netherworld”; these are the sinners of the Jewish people, as only the sinners are sentenced to the netherworld. “All the gentiles that forget God”; these are the sinners of the gentiles. From the fact that it is written: “All the gentiles,” it is apparent that none of the gentiles have a share in the World-to-Come. This is the statement of Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Yehoshua said to him: But is it stated in the verse that the sinners of the Jewish people will be like all of the gentiles? It is stated only: “All the gentiles that forget God.” Rather, the wicked shall be turned back to the netherworld, and who are they? They are all the gentiles that forget God. Gentiles who fear God do have a share in the World-to-Come. Sanhedrin 105a. R. Eliezer was a follower of the School of Shammai, and his rulings were always in accordance with their views (Jerusalem Talmud, Betsah 1:4, Shabbat 130b and Tosafists ad loc.).

6:35 lol

Rabbi... With All Respect, We Need To Have ALL of your Videos Translated to Spanish, at least with Subtitles...

" The term nice people " teminds one of the prisoners of imaginary gods and imaginary enemies that justifies all of their symbolism and harmful proslytysing . -- As always good message rabbi