{"id":999,"date":"2009-03-12T14:32:36","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T18:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=999"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:28:38","slug":"new-calvinism-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/new-calvinism-article\/","title":{"rendered":"New Calvinism article"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TIME magazine has just released an article entitled, “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now<\/a>“. Near the top of these interesting “ideas” is #3 – The New Calvinism.<\/p>\n

If you’re not familiar with the “old” Calvinism, there are plenty of resources available to you. \u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u0644\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u0628\u0644\u0627\u0643 \u062c\u0627\u0643<\/a> In a nutshell, John Calvin was one of the leading Reformers of the 16th century. In his theological understanding, God’s sovereignty over all things was a central tenet.<\/p>\n

I actually like TIME’s article, which seemed very fair to me. \u0644\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u062c\u0627\u0643 \u0628\u0648\u062a<\/a> I highly recommend that you read it, whether or not you are up on Calvinism.<\/p>\n

However, there was one part that I didn’t like. And not because it wasn’t true. Actually, the problem was that it is true.<\/p>\n

Here was the writer’s last paragraph (my bold):<\/p>\n

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Calvin’s 500th birthday will be this July. It will be interesting to see whether Calvin’s latest legacy will be classic Protestant backbiting<\/strong> or whether, during these hard times, more Christians searching for security will submit their wills to the austerely demanding God of their country’s infancy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“classic Protestant backbiting”<\/em> – this is not what we should be known for!<\/strong> How have we let it come to this?<\/p>\n

Regardless of old or new Calvinism, let’s make sure we each do our part to throw off this stereotype of “backbiting” Christians.<\/p>\n

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For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself. \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0628 \u0643\u0627\u0632\u064a\u0646\u0648 \u0645\u062c\u0627\u0646\u064a<\/a> ” However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.” Galatians 5:13-15<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TIME magazine has just released an article entitled, “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now“. Near the top of these interesting “ideas” is #3 – The New Calvinism. If you’re not familiar with the “old” Calvinism, there are plenty of resources available to you. \u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u0644\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u0628\u0644\u0627\u0643 \u062c\u0627\u0643 In a nutshell, John Calvin was one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-galatians"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":3,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":3,"uagb_excerpt":"TIME magazine has just released an article entitled, “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now“. 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