WHO SAVES, GOD OR ME?
By Erroll Hulse
Evangelical Press. 144 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978-0-85234-685-3
Last year was the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. Amid the welter of books produced for that occasion, this one got forgotten.
This book focuses not so much on Calvin himself but on the so-called ‘five points of Calvinism’, summarised in the well-known acronym TULIP, which have become known as the doctrines of grace. These are Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace and the Perseverance of the saints.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …