Showing posts with label Calvinism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calvinism. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Book Review: Killing Calvinism (How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Theology from the Inside) By. Greg Dutcher

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Killing Calvinism. (How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Theology from the Inside).
By. Greg Dutcher (2012, Cruciform Press)

I think he nails the head on many of these topics.  Aside from my exegetical reasons for not believing in this theological system, he provides some strong reasons for why this particular theological system is a turn off for many evangelicals.  I by personal testimony give hearty agreement to some of the issues he raises and still remained unconvinced as to his attempts to respond to the problems.  One thing I did enjoy is his ending each chapter with a prayer of confession for the specific sins addressed in the chapter.
Please note the chapters in the Table of Contents below:

Chapter One: By Loving Calvinism as an End in Itself

Chapter Two: By Becoming a Theologian instead of a Disciple

Chapter Three: By Loving God's Sovereignty more than God Himself

Chapter Four: By Losing an Urgency in Evangelism

Chapter Five: By Learning Only from other Calvinists

Chapter Six: By Tidying up the Bibles "Loose Ends"

Chapter Seven: By Being an Arrogant Know-it-all

Chapter Eight: By Scoffing at the Hang-ups other have with Calvinism Afterward

(Full review in the works).

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Book Review: Antinomianism: Reformed Theology's Unwelcome Guest? (Incomplete)

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Antinomianism: Reformed Theology's Unwelcome Guest?
By. Mark Jones (P&R, 2013)

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Lessons from History
Ch. 2 The imitation of Christ
Ch. 3 The Law
Ch. 4 The Law and the Gospel
Ch. 5 Good Works and Rewards
Ch. 6 Amor, Amor
Ch. 7 Assurance
Ch. 8 Rhetoric
Ch. 9 Toward a Definition and a Solution

(Review is incomplete--forthcoming)

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