If you know what T4G stands for, you might be a Calvinist.
“If you cringe every time you hear someone proclaim “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life! Choose Jesus!”… you might be a Calvinist. “
... or a Satanist.
Just saying.
ping...
I’m guilty of a few of these, lol. But I’m glad to say I’m an unashamed Calvinist. I consider myself to be a New Calvinist. My pastor is Matt Chandler who is very much a Calvinist!
If you enjoy reading the ESV Bible on your BlackBerry instead of playing “Kaglom”, you just might be a Calvinist
If you were ever asked to leave Dallas Theological Seminary and it was suggested you go to WTC instead; you might be a Calvinist.
If you fall down the stairs and say “Thank God that’s over with” you might be a Calvinist.
I am a Cumberland Presbyterian, which makes me a heavily modified Calvinist . . . I guess . . . but I am glad you all are spreading the jibes around, I don’t mind LOL
If you’ve never, ever uttered the words “I’ll be brief,” you just MIGHT be....well, you know. :-)
I guess I are one.
Sorry, I still like the NASB better than the ESV but the one that really gave me pause was “Pink”—my first thought was the celebrity with that color hair, and couldn’t figure out why she was being mentioned in the same class as Spurgeon :-)
If you have to order theological books online because no one at the Christian bookstore has ever heard of them… you might just be a Calvinist.
Ain't it the truth.
If you have ever purchased 100 or more copies of the same John Piper book to hand out to random people you meet …you just might be a Calvinist.
I have purchased cheap copies of "The Heidelberg" to give out. Think of it as an unusually large tract.
If you read “The Purpose Driven Life” just to see how bad the book really is… you might just be a Calvinist.
My copy of PDL sits on my "questionable to heretical" shelf, alonside Warren mentor Rob't Schuller's Self Esteem: The New Reformation, the Catholic Catechism, the Book o' Mormon, and some Marian apparition stuff. I'm keeping an eye out for Osteen and co.
If you purchased an MP3 player with the sole purpose of downloading sermons… you might be a Calvinist.If you were shocked to just discover that some people download MP3 files that are not sermons… you might be a Calvinist.
And, I have the Luther movie on my player.
If your preacher says to turn to Obadiah and you do not use the index… you might be a Calvinist.
If your preacher has ever given a sermon on Nahum, ... (Yes, back in the day.)
If you find yourself wanting to read your Bible instead of watching television… you might be a Calvinist.
Not too difficult.
If your Bibles must be replaced in less than a year due to pages separating from the spine…you might be a Calvinist.
You would not believe how beat up the covers of my RSB got. To the duct tape stage in less than a year. Interior's fine. Spend the money to get something that's not glued together.
If you’ve ever been banned from a Sunday School class for quoting scripture… you might be a Calvinist.
It's possible I'm viewed as a troublemaker.
If you have ever purposefully sung a different word in a hymn to conform to scripture… you might be a Calvinist.
< sigh>
tulip
Yes my ancestors were Walloons and Huguenots
I've received two of them.
How many of those do you have to match to wear the badge (for some - of shame) of “Calvinist”?
“If your 4 year old can explain what the word “propitiation” means… you might just be a Calvinist.”
So many of those apply to me, but that one made me laugh. After church yesterday I tried to explain “propitiation” and “substitution” and “mediator” to my five-year-old daughter. I was proud when my eight-year-old chimed in and told her little sister that Jesus Christ is our “great high priest.” Apparently she listened to our sermon more than I realized.
Goodness, that describes a lot of folks :-P
PINK? the raunchy singer?
If Calvins follow her...sign me up