" 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/
"...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/
