What Is Experiential Calvinism? (Cultivating Biblical Godliness), by Ian Hamilton
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There is no such thing as dead Calvinism, writes author Ian Hamilton. Calvinism, simply put, is biblical Christianity. No mere human devised theological system, Calvinism is rooted in and shaped by God s revelation in Holy Scripture. Hamilton asserts that Calvinism is natively experiential. In What Is Experiential Calvinism?, the author shows us that Calvinism is far richer and more profound than five points and helps us see that the lives and ministries of those who are true Calvinists pulse with living, Spirit-inspired, Christ-glorifying, God-centered truth.
Cultivating Biblical Godliness Series D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said, The world today is looking for, and desperately needs, true Christians. I am never tired of saying that what the Church needs to do is not to organize evangelistic campaigns and attract outside people, but to begin herself to live the Christian life. If she did that, men and women would be crowding into our buildings. They would say, What is the secret of this?
Many people who are new to the church need instruction in the most basic aspects of godly living. Even where churches are engaged heavily in discipleship, visitors and members often have gaps in their understanding and practice. One of the greatest needs of our time is for the Spirit of God to cultivate biblical godliness in us in order to put the glory of Christ on display through us, all to the glory of God the Father.
For these reasons, Joel Beeke and Ryan McGraw are coediting a series of booklets titled Cultivating Biblical Godliness. These booklets treat matters that are vital to Christian experience, and each contribution aims to address a wide variety of people and circumstances at a fundamental and introductory level. This includes teaching people what to believe in order to practice personal holiness as well as specific directions on how to cultivate biblical godliness in relation to issues that are common to God s people.
The distinctive feature of this series is its experiential tone. While some booklet series aim to enlighten the mind, these booklets aim to warm the affections as well. The goal is to promote communion with the triune God and to transform the entire person in thought, speech, and behavior. To this end, we intend to include a wide range of authors whom the Spirit has blessed to skillfully stir up the church to personal holiness and affection to Christ through their preaching and writing ministries.
We need a Christianity that puts the transformative power of God in the gospel on display through developing a communion with God that is visible to the world. Our prayer is that through this series, the Lord would revive His church by producing Christians who are full of love for Christ, who deny themselves in order to follow Him at great personal cost, and who know the joys of walking with the triune God. This is the kind of Christianity that we need. This is the kind of Christianity that the triune God has used to turn the world upside down. May He be pleased to do so again.
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- Published on: 2015-03-20
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Exposing Calvinism By Dr. David Steele Each year, I put together a “top ten list,” books that have personally encouraged me; books that I would commend to others. It is unusual to include a booklet in such a list but after reading Iain Hamilton’s, What is Experiential Calvinism this book will certainly make the top ten list in 2015.Calvinism is quite possibly one of the most misrepresented system thoughts – both in the church and in the marketplace of ideas. Christians and non-Christians alike slice and dice this theological system into a cruel concoction which has nothing to do with Calvinism. This twisting and maniacal maneuvering made famous by the likes of critics such as David Hunt does nothing to serve people. Rather, it confuses the unsuspecting and irritates those who no better.But Hamilton makes this much clear. While Calvinism as such is a theological system, it is much more than a system. It is at the very warp and woof of biblical theology. “Experiential Calvinism” writes Hamilton, has one preeminent concern: to glorify God.”A substantial part of the book is committed to summarizing the main components of experiential Calvinism. The author presents eight in particular. Instead of summarizing each point, readers are encouraged to dig into Hamilton’s work so as to discover the deeper realities behind each component. The eight points are summarizes as follows:The experiential Calvinist honors God’s unconditional sovereignty. The author cites B.B. Warfield, who argues, “Calvinists are humble souls, who, in the quiet of retired lives, have caught a vision of God in His glory and are cherishing in their hearts that vital flame of complete dependence on Him which is the very essence of Calvinism.”The experiential Calvinist cherishes God’s grace.The experiential Calvinist has a deep sense of the sinfulness of sin.The experiential Calvinist lives before God’s face.The experiential Calvinist shapes all of life by the revelation of God’s unimpeachable holiness.The experiential Calvinist is content and satisfied with scriptural worship.The experiential Calvinist pursues godly catholicity.The experiential Calvinist cultivates communion with God.I stand with a handful of other Reformed minded people who take exception to the so-called Regulative Principle which is described in the sixth component. Hamilton obviously writes with the best of intentions but get boxed in by a mindset which canonized the past and neglects elements of contemporary worship. Certainly, there is much drivel in the contemporary music scene. But much good is being accomplished as well. To ignore some of the songs being written by artists such as Stewart Townend, Matt Redman, and Chris Tomlin is a mistake. Perhaps 1 Corinthians 10:31 should guide this discussion about worship.This of course, is a minor criticism in light of the whole. Indeed, this concern is a mere “bump in the road” and should not distract readers from devouring the rest of the book. Iain Hamilton has served the church well by boiling down the essence of Calvinism which will lead people in the right direction for all the right reasons.What is Experiential Calvinism is a must-read. It is both corrective and Christ-centered and offers the right blend of admonition and encouragement. My hope is that thousands and thousands of people will literally consume this little book and benefit immensely from the godly wisdom here.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Much More Than 5 Points reviewed by Bill Pence of CoramDeotheBlog.com By Bill Pence I wasn’t familiar with the author until I saw that he was going to be one of the speakers at a conference I will be attending. He is a pastor and seminary professor.In this book, which is part of the Cultivating Biblical Godliness Series, Hamilton writes that Calvinism is natively experiential, and that before it is a theological system, it is a deeply affectional, God-centered, cross-magnifying religion. He states that for some, if not most people, Calvinism is characterized by little more than “five points,” popularized in the acrostic TULIP. He goes on to say that while Calvinism is not less than the five points, it is richly and profoundly more than the five points. Rather than first being a theological system, Calvinism is more fundamentally a religious attitude that gives birth to a particular, precise, and God-centered and heart-engaging system of theology.Hamilton writes that the theologian B.B. Warfield was adamant that the “formative principle” of Calvinism is not the doctrine of predestination, as so many imagine. Instead, it is the glory of the Lord God Almighty.The author states that for Calvin, the fundamental priority was not the salvation of sinners, but the right and appropriate worship of God.He states that experiential Calvinism is always marked by a deeply felt sense of sinfulness. The life of an experiential Calvinist is that of unconditional surrender to the saving lordship of Jesus Christ.He states that the fundamental marks of experiential Calvinism are:• The experiential Calvinist honors God’s unconditional sovereignty.• The experiential Calvinist cherishes God’s grace.• The experiential Calvinist has a deep sense of the sinfulness of sin.• The experiential Calvinist lives before God’s face.• The experiential Calvinist shapes all of life by the revelation of God’s unimpeachable holiness.• The experiential Calvinist pursues godly catholicity.• The experiential Calvinist cultivates communion with God.There is much to gain from this short book by Ian Hamilton.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Penatrating, convicting, and wise words regarding how a ... By Will Penatrating, convicting, and wise words regarding how a Reformed Christian ought to live-out everyday until our God calls us to our real home.
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