PRAYING FOR MY BELOVED CRC MEMBERS & CALVIN COLLEGE et al to NOT ACQUIESCE TO FAR-LEFT LIBERALISM TO TRY TO BE ‘COOL’:

JESUS SAID: “I pray not that thou should take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

And for their sakes ..."

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Fwd: Whetting Appetites: A Preview of “Deviant Calvinism” by Oliver Crisp

" Whetting Appetites: A Preview of "Deviant Calvinism" by Oliver Crisp


"...I have now read the Introduction (pp. 1-11) of Deviant
Calvinism where Crisp reveals some of his
presuppositions and aims. He emphasizes that
Reformed theology ought always to abide by the rule
" ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda "—"reformed
and always reforming." He clearly does not think the
Reformed tradition is static. He claims that, contrary
to popular misconceptions of Reformed theology,
"Reformed theology was never identified with the
project of one person and was never supposed to be a
straightjacket binding its practitioners." (2) His basic
principle is that "the Reformed churches must
continue to be reformed in light of the word of
God." (2) Specifically, he lays his cards on the table, so
to speak, by saying that the doctrines of double
predestination and limited atonement have never
been definitive of the Reformed tradition. (2) So it is
okay for a Reformed theologian to think outside the
"TULIP box." They always have and continue to do so
in spite of the YRRM and its leaders who all appear to
think the TULIP box and divine determinism are
necessary hallmarks of Reformed theology and who
equate "Reformed" with "Calvinism."..."
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2014/12/whetting-appetites-a-preview-of-deviant-calvinism-by-oliver-crisp/