(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.