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Ten Myths About Calvinism

Is the role reserved for John Calvin possibly exaggerated? Are there improper, as well as proper uses of the doctrine of predestination? To what extent is the popular acronym, T.U.L.I.P. a helpful device, and to what extent is it detrimental in encapsulating key doctrines?Should the Calvinist position towards movements of spiritual renewal be one of support, or one of suspicion?Didn't Calvinism more or less 'bring up the rear' in advancing the cause of world mission?Doesn't the Calvinist approach to Christianity encourage the belief that the redeemed will be saved irrespective of their conduct?Doesn't the Calvinist track-record show an at-best mixed legacy on critical issues such as race and gender relations?Hasn't the Calvinist concept of the church's role vis-à-vis the state tended toward theocracy? Isn't it true that Calvinistic expressions of Christianity have been a damper on the creative arts, whether the theater or painting or sculpture?Ten Myths About Calvinism

Kenneth J. Stewart

Restoring the ReformationThe Emergence of EvangelicalismDictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical BiographyEncyclopedia of the Reformed Faith.Themelios, Churchman, Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical TheologyEvangelical Quarterly.

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