Wednesday, October 22, 2008

11-point Calvinism v.3 and Key to the Universe

This would be TULIPPPPPBP, okay not all P's at the end but almost.

1) Total Depravity
2) Unconditional Election
3) Limited Atonement
4) Irresistable Grace
5) Perseverance of the Saints
6) Paedobaptism and paedocommunion (almost certainly presupposes a high-church Covenant Renewal Service)
7) Pronomianism (as opposed to antinomianism) and Theonomy
8) Presuppositionalism
9) Partial Preterism and postmillenialism
10) Biblical Theology
11) Piety / devotion

Speaking of half-baked ideas, here’s one for you. Being the pattern-seeking creatures that we are, the St.Malachy’s and Art Bell's and Hadel's of the world are always looking for patterns to kind of tell us what’s going on. So here’s a pattern I just came up with, kind of an Indiana Jones key to the universe-type thing, so here goes:

1) Worldview, images the Father, the Creator of the world: This is partial-preterist postmillenialism, there are plenty of good books out there on this subject
2) Worship, images the Son: Focuses on the the warfare that occurs during Lords’ Supper, the best book on this right now is “The Lord's Service: The Grace of Covenant Renewal Worship” by Jeff Meyers
3) Walk, images the Holy Spirit: This is devotion / piety / godliness, Gen.5.24: "Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him." The best book Ive seen on this is The Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges, which Im currently reading.

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1 comments:

John Lofton, Recovering Republican said...

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