Thursday, May 22, 2008

How to Be a Charismatic Calvinist

I discovered this week that Wikipedia also has a "How To" site called WikiHow. Check out this intriguing topic: How to Be a Charismatic Calvinist
Realizing that God is front and center, that He should be uppermost in our affections, in the words of Jonathan Edwards is one of the first steps toward embracing the view of God's sovereignty found in scripture and in Calvinism.
Some tips:
  • Listen to John Piper, C J Mahaney, R T Kendall, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Tim Keller, Wayne Grudem or any other reformed third wave/charismatic that you can find.
  • Listen to reformed worship artists like Shane & Shane, Watermark, Sovereign Grace Music, or Caedmon's Call.
  • Read the Puritans. Read guys like Richard Baxter, John Flavel, John Bunyan, William Perkins, John Owen, Thomas Watson, and Matthew Henry. Also, read later theologians, pastors and Bible commentators such as Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, George Whitefield, J. Gresham Machen, and J. I. Packer.

And a warning:

Try not to give an undue amount of focus to Calvinism as people around you often get tired of hearing you.

Not bad advice!

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