biblelighthouse
Puritan Board Junior
I am a 5-point Calvinist, but I dislike the TULIP acronym. I think 4 of the 5 letters are very misleading. Please check out this article regarding the problems with "TULIP":
http://www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/nomoretulip.htm
I much prefer this formulation of the 5 points:
E - Exhaustive Depravity
L - Lord-centered Election
E - Effectual Atonement
C - Conquering Grace
T - Triumphant Saints
I go into some more detail here:
http://www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/elect.htm
I'm so tired of hearing Arminians build straw men out of the
words "unconditional", "limited", and "irresistible". "TULIP" has
been around so long, and it's not going away. But it would be nice to start seeing fewer TULIPs as time goes by. When I try to explain "TULIP" to people, I often have to explain why "unconditional" doesn't really mean "unconditional"; "irresistible" doesn't really
mean "irresistible", etc.
Even R.C. Sproul, Michael Horton, and many other Calvinist authors complain about TULIP or avoid it altogether.
It's time for a new, more Biblical, more helpful mnemonic.
Maybe "ELECT" will be it. Maybe not. But if anyone else has any good ideas for a new "TULIP", by all means, share it!
Let me know your thoughts . . .
In Christ,
Joseph M. Gleason
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www.biblelighthouse.com
---The Bible Lighthouse ---
http://www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/nomoretulip.htm
I much prefer this formulation of the 5 points:
E - Exhaustive Depravity
L - Lord-centered Election
E - Effectual Atonement
C - Conquering Grace
T - Triumphant Saints
I go into some more detail here:
http://www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/elect.htm
I'm so tired of hearing Arminians build straw men out of the
words "unconditional", "limited", and "irresistible". "TULIP" has
been around so long, and it's not going away. But it would be nice to start seeing fewer TULIPs as time goes by. When I try to explain "TULIP" to people, I often have to explain why "unconditional" doesn't really mean "unconditional"; "irresistible" doesn't really
mean "irresistible", etc.
Even R.C. Sproul, Michael Horton, and many other Calvinist authors complain about TULIP or avoid it altogether.
It's time for a new, more Biblical, more helpful mnemonic.
Maybe "ELECT" will be it. Maybe not. But if anyone else has any good ideas for a new "TULIP", by all means, share it!
Let me know your thoughts . . .
In Christ,
Joseph M. Gleason
_________________
www.biblelighthouse.com
---The Bible Lighthouse ---