The TULIP Evangelical Calvinist style:
- Total Depravity = ‘He who knew no sin became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in him.’ II Corinthians 5.21.
- Unconditional Election = God in Christ elected humanity for himself that ‘by his poverty we might be made rich.’ II Corinthians 8.9.
- Limited Atonement = The atonement was ‘limited’ to Christ’s humanity for us, for all of humanity. I John 2.2.
- Irresistible Grace = God chose to not be God without us prior to our choice to be for him; indeed it his choice for us in Christ that grounds and funds humanity’s choice to be for him, in and through the Spirit. Galatians 2.20.
- Perseverance of the Saints = God’s life is indestructible, and so it will always persevere for us. Hebrews 7.25.
Something like that.
Would you explain your position on Limited Atonement? I just read your “TULIP” article and need more clarification. Thanks!
Hi Linda, read this: http://growrag.wordpress.com/?s=thesis+atonement
And this: http://growrag.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/a-twofer-our-evangelical-calvinism-book-thesis-4-god-is-primarily-covenantal-and-not-contractual-in-his-dealings-with-humanity-thesis-5-election-is-christologically-conditioned/