Jan
21
Phil Johnson (of Pyromaniacs fame), just finished a superb series of posts entitled Clarifying Calvinism. The series is posted over at Grace To You’s blogizine Pulpit Magazine.
He starts out by exhorting younger, web-savvy Calvinists to get their theology from books not blogs (a wise piece of advice, I’d admit). Then he discusses hyper-Calvinism and gives a balanced treatment of Arminianism.
The best part of the series are his last three or four posts which center on one little verse which encapsulates Calvinism’s doctrines: 1 John 4:19 “We love him, because he first loved us.” If you have some time, I’d encourage you to give the series a quick read.
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I would also add that for those who want a complete view of Calvinism to read not only new books, but read old books and sermons by Calvin, Bunyan, Edwards, Shedd, Dabney, Hodge, etc. to get a full view of historic Calvinism.
It’s funny, that’s what Phil says in one of his posts, but then he recommends modern books. I think they quote from older books. I must confess that I need to do more reading in the older books myself.