Don’t Waste Your Calvinism

(A great guest post on Justin Taylor's blog, from 08/11/11. It's short and well worth the read. )


"Self righteousness can feed upon doctrines, as well as upon works..."-John Newton

Don’t Waste Your Calvinism

Guest post by Jared Wilson.

I have discussed with other Calvinists just where the (well-earned) stereotype of the graceless Calvinist comes from. Shouldn’t belief in total depravity necessitate profound humility? Shouldn’t belief in unconditional election preclude a spirit of superiority? And yet there is a doctrinal arrogance infecting Calvinist Christianity. This culture then produces doctrinaires like Baum’s man of tin: squeaky and heartless.