This is just off the top, and reflects something I said in the comment thread of another post. How would an Evangelical Calvinist reframe the infamous TULIP if he/she had to? Reframe so that we end up with a Christ-centred TULIP. Here’s a go:
- T otal Depravity = Reframe: He who knew no sin became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. II Cor. 5:21
- U nconditional Election = Reframe: Col. 1:15ff (He has supremacy over life and death, He is the center of salvation in God’s life for us).
- L imited Atonement = Reframe: The atonement is ‘limited to Christ for us’.
- I rresistable Grace = Reframe: God has already taken the choice for humanities’ salvation in Christ (II Cor. 5:19).
- P erseverance = Reframe: Our life is grounded in Christ’s life, based on the power of an indestructible life. Heb. 7:15
Obviously Christ’s vicariousness plays the central role in this framing, what do you think? I think this could be done better, but it’s off the top; and in reality we aren’t slaves to the TULIP in the first place . . . just trying to be creative.
October 12, 2009 at 6:31 am
Thanks for posting this–I’ll be looking up the verses.
October 13, 2009 at 2:00 am
Great, Heather!