{"id":64889,"date":"2017-07-21T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=64889"},"modified":"2017-07-21T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T17:50:19","slug":"calvin-facebook-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/21\/calvin-facebook-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Frivolity: Calvin Facebook Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently came across a Facebook Group called “Calvinism: The Group That Chooses You”<\/a>, which made me chuckle because Calvinism is known for its emphasis on God’s sovereign choice.\u00a0“Five Point” Calvinists often express their beliefs using the acronym TULIP:<\/p>\n

T<\/b>otal Depravity
\nMan is an enemy of God and has no ability to save himself<\/em><\/p>\n

U<\/b>nconditional Election:
\nGod does not choose whom He will save based on anything He sees in the individual<\/em><\/p>\n

L<\/b>imited Atonement
\nJesus only died for those He saves<\/em><\/p>\n

I<\/b>rresistible Grace
\nIf God saves you, you can’t resist His grace<\/em><\/p>\n

P<\/b>erseverance of the Saints
\nOnce saved, always saved<\/em><\/p>\n

I thought I would do the Facebook group a favour and come up with some appropriate\u00a0rules so that they fully embrace\u00a0five-point Calvinism:<\/p>\n

Point 1.<\/strong> You have no natural ability to join this group<\/p>\n

Point 2.<\/strong> The Admin will decide if you are added<\/p>\n

Point 3.<\/strong> Non-members cannot join<\/p>\n

Point 4.<\/strong> Facebook security cannot block you from being added<\/p>\n

Point 5.<\/strong> You will never be able to unsubscribe<\/p>\n

\"Calvinism\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently came across a Facebook Group called “Calvinism: The Group That Chooses You”, which made me chuckle because Calvinism is known for its emphasis on God’s sovereign choice.\u00a0“Five Point” Calvinists often express their beliefs using the acronym TULIP: Total Depravity Man is an enemy of God and has no ability to save himself Unconditional Election: God does not choose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1228,1227,4402],"class_list":["post-64889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humour","tag-calvinism","tag-john-calvin","tag-tulip"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64889"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64899,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64889\/revisions\/64899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}