Is Calvinism Practical?

Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Leighton Flowers

Baptist, Atonement, Reformed, Bible, Religion & Spirituality, Calvinism, Biblical, Arminianism, Calvin, Christianity, Christian

4.8 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

After Stewie makes fun of the Professor for a host of reasons, the discussion picks up where it left off on John Piper's introduction to Calvinism as he speaks of its practicality in ministry.

How teniable is the belief that all our choices are actually determined by God? Does it really help us?

In a culture that blames God and runs to sin rather than blaming sin and running to God, does the Calvinistic system help bolster the false notion that God is to blame for the evil, fallenness and all it consequences?

Do passages such as Eph. 6:10 which speak of other authorities and powers in this world and in heavenly places suggest that God has given over some measure of control? Does the Lord's prayer asking for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven suggest that what is happening on earth is not necessarily as God would determine it if He were in complete deterministic control over every thing that comes to pass?

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0:00.0	Well, Stewie, you seem to be in a good mood today.
0:07.3	I'm so glad because I've got a new intro song to try out.
0:10.6	Maybe just for today.
0:11.5	It depends on how it goes.
0:13.0	I think you'll like it.
0:14.1	And right after that, we're going to dive into the John Piper sermon where, you know,
0:17.6	I give a little critique of John Piper.
0:19.4	Oh, now that's rich.
0:22.5	It's Soteriology 101.
0:25.8	Sit back, learn, and have some fun.
0:28.7	With your host, latent flowers,
0:31.5	you'll discuss some divine powers.
0:34.4	You're welcome if you like John Piper,
0:36.9	as long as you're not too hyper.
0:39.3	We're diving into Soteriology, Calvinism and theology.
0:45.3	One from a professor of a college class, with a captive audience it's predestined to last.
0:52.3	Seriously?
0:56.0	What, Stewie, you don't like it?
0:57.4	I'm really disappointed.
1:02.6	Well, as I said, I want to pick up right where we left off on the John Piper message,
1:09.9	where we talked about how A.W. Tozer was used to introduce this concept of Calvinism by raising the bar.
1:11.7	If you didn't hear last week's message,
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