Monday, June 12, 2006

Calvanism - What is it?

Calvanism - What is it?

During Q&A time with our Pastors last night, this was one of the questions raised. Andrew did a great job of giving an overview and shared the acronym TULIP as the five points to calvanism.

T - Total Depravity
U - Unconditional Election
L - Limited Atonement
I - Irresistable Grace
P - Perserverence of the Saints

For someone (like me) who has heard this term thrown about quite a bit, it was good to understand it a tad bit deeper. These have been my fundemental beliefs based on God's word, but now I have a more systematic/theological way of expressing them.

My theological curiosity has been piqued enough that I have dug out the book Systematic Theology and am almost done with the first chapter.....deep, but very good!!!