R.C. Sproul is one of the best reformed instructors of our generation. He is known for his many teaching series, which comes out of Ligonier Ministries, where he takes deep, difficult doctrines and makes them understandable for the average person in the pew who has never been to Bible college or seminary. The link below is one of his most popular teaching series entitled "What Is Reformed Theology?" It is broken up into 12 segments, each one around 25 minutes. If you watch these, I am certain you will have a solid grasp of Reformed Theology and a greater appreciation for it.
https://coreyjmahler.com/the-european-peoples-and-christianity/ *****EDIT: Some have said that they, or at least Corey Mahler perhaps believes, that the European religions were deviations from Christianity, believed by Noah and his sons. Over time, sinful man and demons twisted these European religions, which I think their argument is that it was originally Christian/derived from Noah and his offspring. Nordic paganism had the most in common with Christianity, even with Odin sacrificing himself on a tree, and therefore the Europeans were the most ripe and ready to embrace Christianity and continue to advance the cause of Christ more than other peoples/races/nations over the last 2,000 years since Christ. To that I simply say, I appreciate the context given, but even if all that were true (maybe it is, maybe it is not), it doesn't change the fundamental points of my post below. Syncretism, Odinism, etc., even if it was somehow a distorted derivation flowing from the true...
I'm fairly sure I have a book by R. C. Sproul around the house somewhere even though I'm not a Calvinist (I'm Catholic).
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