Job 6:28

"But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face" (Job 6:28).

This Week in Calvinism - October 25, 2013

• Ken Hamrick thinks there is a missing balance in Calvinism: "It is true, as the Calvinists emphasize, that faith is the gift of God; but it is just as Biblically true that faith is the requirement of God for salvation." Funny, because I can't think of a single Calvinist throughout history who has ever stated that God doesn't require faith for salvation.
  
  
• Heart-warming Calvinism.
  
  
• Keith Thompson of Reformed Apologetics Ministries offers a brief explanation of Calvinism.
  
  
• These "Five [Straw Man] Reasons to Reject Calvinism" are why I avoid theological "discussion" forums:
  
  1. The Bible does NOT support Calvinism
     
  2. Calvinism promotes arrogancy, which is not of the Spirit
     
  3. Calvinism makes God unjust
     
  4. Calvinism makes Jesus Christ a failure
     
  5. Calvinism is anti-Gospel

• A Modern Calvinist: An interview with James Bratt on Abraham Kuyper.
  
  
• Roland Boer doesn't agree with Max Weber's argument "that Calvinism acted as a crucial vanishing mediator for capitalism." He thinks "it is perhaps better to speak of the Arminian ethic and the spirit of capitalism."
  
  
• Dan Phillips reports on the Strange Fire Conference.
  
  
• Tim Challies reviews Mark Driscoll's latest book, A Call to Resurgence.

This Week in Calvinism - October 18, 2013

• Finally! Thanks to a ministry fellowship called Connect 316, non-Calvinist Southern Baptists now have a way to network with other non-Calvinist Southern Baptists.
  
  
• Uh-oh. Someone has finally discovered the one verse in scripture, the dreaded silver bullet, that refutes Calvinism. Maybe it's time to start thinking of a new name for this blog.
  
  
• Tim Challies liveblogs the final day of the Strange Fire Conference.
  
  
• Church stereotypes, according to Google.
  
  
• Rapper Lecrae unwraps his joy in Jesus.

This Week in Calvinism - October 11, 2013

• Abraham Kuyper on Calvinism and science.
  
  
• I recently ran across a book from Princeton Theological Seminary entitled Historic Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinism of the Church of England, by Augustus Toplady. It was written in 1774 and is available online here.
  
  
• Slideshow from Peter Hammond of Frontline Fellowship: "The Five Points of Calvinism in the Teachings of Christ."
  
  
• Lucas Bradburn of Credo Magazine interviews Lee Gatiss, author of For Us and Our Salvation: ‘Limited Atonement’ in the Bible, Doctrine, History, and Ministry (part 1, part 2).

This Week in Calvinism - October 4, 2013

• In this video, Brother Hicks explains that he doesn't have to misrepresent Calvinism to make it look bad because "it is horrible and blasphemous on its own." Oh, and Calvinists worship a different god, blah, blah, blah. Nothing you haven't heard before.
  
  
• James R. Rogers of First Things writes:

  For better or for worse, it's the Calvinists who are taken to be "in your face" in asserting a Christian anthropology in direct opposition to the spirit of the age. While I don't count myself among their number, they should be credited more broadly by Christians for taking so much heat on their view of the will.

  
  
• B. D. McClay considers the Calvinists and what they know.
  
  
• According to Aric Clark, Calvinism and capitalism are a "poisonous mix." He thinks Calvinism might get along better with socialism. Actually, he seems to think everyone would get along better with socialism.
  
  
• Ligonier is offering John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology as a free ebook until October 31. Download it here.
  
  
• Jeff Straub interviews Darryl Hart, author of Calvinism: A History.