This Week in Calvinism - July 17, 2015

• Find out why academic Calvinism is a misnomer in this excerpt from Ian Hamilton's new teaching series "Calvinism and the Christian Life."
  
  
• Here's what's available from Ligonier Ministries on today's $5 Friday.
  
  
• Is your joy real?
  
  
• According to HuffPo's Bob Burnett, proponents of the culture war aren't Christians. "They are members of a sect, 'American Calvinism.'" These "'orthodox Christians' are intolerant and uncharitable. They embrace capitalism at all costs."
  
  
• Tim Challies reviews Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney.
  
  
• Dr. Jim Newheiser discusses seven gospel-centered principles for protecting your marriage.