"...on Thanksgiving Day, 2007, the Grand Rapids press printed an article by John M. Crisp, titled, 'Thinking Like a Pilgrim on Thanksgiving.' It said of the Pilgrims, 'Their religious roots reach back to the gloomy tenets of John Calvin, which means - at the risk of oversimplification - that they lived with the nagging fear that they dangled every moment by a thin thread over the fiery pit of hell in spite of their own faith or good works or the outward manifestations of the blessings of God.' Does any Calvinist recognize this definition of Calvinism? I wrote back to the Grand Rapids press: 'This statement is not an oversimplification. It is a misrepresentation. Calvin and most of the Pilgrims rejoiced in Christ their Savior and lived joyous Christian lives of spiritual depth with assured faith in the rich promises of God." - Living for God's Glory
