Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Just TULIP it all (or to-link)


Desiring God Ministries is an endless treasury of sermons, lectures, books, devotionals, and most of all - sound theology.
This is one of those gems I found over there.

What We Believe About the Five Points of Calvinism

  1. We experience first our depravity and need of salvation.
  2. Then we experience the irresistible grace of God leading us toward faith.
  3. Then we trust the sufficiency of the atoning death of Christ for our sins.
  4. Then we discover that behind the work of God to atone for our sins and bring us to faith was the unconditional election of God.
  5. And finally we rest in his electing grace to give us the strength and will to persevere to the end in faith.
Read on...

On this refurbished site, (ht Tim Challies), a simple search for TULIP produced a very fine collection of materials. I am going to dig in later during the week.

1 comment:

Kim said...

There is a young fellow who is friends with my daughter who wanted to understand more about the five points of Calvinism and I directed him to Piper's summary. It was easy for him to understand, which was good.