The Tulip Driven Life

I've believed in the TULIP, the doctrines of grace, the five points, the biblical way in which God saves man, for a little over three years now. And I've been reforming everything ever since. Understanding rightly how God saves you for the first time, changes everything. It changes your view of God, of Christ, of man. That's an all-encompassing, paradigm shifting, truth, and all one's theology and all one's life must be conformed to it. Unfortunately, we seem to have something of a melting pot of Calvinism- we take a little charismatic teaching and attach it to a Calvinistic soteriology, or a seeker-oriented church preaches Calvinistic soteriology (which, on all accounts, makes zero sense whatsoever). But I believe that even those who do not add these more extreme admixtures can still fall into the trap of thinking that the five points are enough, that Calvinism is enough, that Calvinism speaks to salvation and nothing else. On the contrary, because Calvinism ...

This is a paper I submitted for my church history class. Enjoy! REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE DIALOGUE PAPER JOHN GERSTNER AND ARIUS GO TO NARNIA CHURCH HISTORY BY THOMAS BOOHER SANFORD, FLORIDA OCTOBER, 2011 Location: Narnia, underneath the lamppost. Time: Evening, during the reign of the wicked white witch and her perpetual winter. Characters: John Gerstner, Arius                 “What? Where are we? And is that… is that Arius? What are you doing here, you dirty old heretic!” John Gerstner exclaimed gruffly, squinting his eyes from beneath his black-rimmed glasses.                 “Why, aren’t you a funny looking man, with little hair, no beard and a smashed face. I was just walking into this cave after being exiled by that darn emperor Constantine with two of my companions [1] , and suddenly, I arrive...