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🗓️ 3 July 2017
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Dr. Leighton Flowers contrasts moderate or "lower" forms of Calvinism, as expressed by Packer, with the "higher" forms of Calvinism more prevalent today (Sproul/Piper). "Higher Calvinism" is more logically consistent with itself than the lower form expressed by Packer, which is clearly resting on a blatant contradiction (A = notA). Let's explore...
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0:00.0 | It's time for the Soterology 101 podcast, where God is most glorified by his love and provision for all people. |
0:09.4 | Welcome your host, the director of apologetics for Texas Baptists, an adjunct professor of theology, and a local teaching pastor, Dr. Layton Flowers. |
0:20.9 | Welcome to Socrates 101. We are going to talk about J. Layton Flowers. Welcome to Sociology 101. |
0:23.1 | We are going to talk about J.I. Packer. |
0:25.8 | He is a stalwart of the Christian faith, has been a faithful pastor and minister over the years, |
0:32.0 | has written some wonderful books. |
0:33.9 | Again, he's a lot like John Piper, in my estimation, just a great man who's done some great things. |
0:42.2 | He's also known to be a Calvinistic scholar, but he's an older generation of Calvinist. |
0:47.9 | And it's interesting to me when you begin to look at some of the historical Calvinist, especially among Southern Baptists and |
0:54.6 | other denominations, there was a form of Calvinism in the early 20th century and following that |
1:03.2 | looks very different than kind of the new Calvinistic movement that we see today that tends to be |
1:08.3 | more, I would say maybe consistent within its, kind of the logical |
1:14.5 | consistency within the systematic itself, whereas older Calvinists tended, not always, but older |
1:21.9 | Calvinists, especially among Southern Baptists, and I think J. I. Packer would be included in this |
1:26.7 | kind of vein, were a lot, a I think J. I. Packer would be included in this kind of vein, were a lot less |
1:31.1 | harsh about their Calvinism. Or there were a lower form of Calvinists, for example. I've heard |
1:35.9 | guys like Phil Johnson, for example, talking on the Bible thumping wingnut about how James White |
1:40.7 | is a higher Calvinist than he is, that he's a lower Calvinist or a more moderate |
1:45.1 | or modified kind of a Calvinist. And so sometimes you hear different Calvinists even just |
1:49.6 | talking about the different heights of Calvinism they are. They could even actually be a full |
1:53.7 | five-point Calvinist, but explain Calvinism in a different kind of way that it's not quite as |
1:59.5 | harsh or as difficult maybe as others might be. |
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