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Though the doctrines of grace were the "starting point" for me as well in my discovery of Reformed theology, I think it can largely depend on someone's spiritual issues, thoughts and possibly struggles at the time, intellectually and/or heart-wise.
For instance, I could definitely see someone beginning to come to a Reformed understanding of God, Scripture and life through an exposure to Reformed spirituality - theology of the Cross vs. theology of glory, the Church and its function in the lives of individual believers, community, means of grace, rejection of "still small voice" theology, what true communion with God is, worship, etc. After all, I have already heard a wide variety of account regarding how natural and easy or difficult it was for different people to initially accept the doctrines of grace - and the same may be true with Reformed spirituality with some people, and it may be even more fitting for some to go through it before the doctrines of grace and providence.
And even that is but one possible example as well...
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