From “TULIP” to “FRUIT”

By Dennis Carroll 

CALVINISM is Described by Its People with the Adjective “TULIP”
“TULIP” IS AN ADJECTIVE THEOLOGY.
IT TAKES BASIC IDEAS OF CHRISTIANITY, AND ADDS ADJECTIVES IN FRONT OF THEM TO TRY AND MAKE A THEOLOGY.   

FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF CHRISTIANITY BELIEVES IN: 
               DEPRAVITY, ELECTION, ATONEMENT, GRACE, PERSEVERANCE

WHAT CALVINISM’S TULIP HAS DONE IS PUT ADJECTIVES IN FRONT OF THEM, AND HAVE CREATED THE “ACRONYM”:  
“TULIP”
T — TOTAL DEPRAVITY                         
U — UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION                             
L —  LIMITED ATONEMENT               
I  —  IRRESISTIBLE GRACE                 
P —  PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS 

SO THE REAL ISSUE IS THE ADJECTIVES.
THE TASK IN ARTICULATING THE TRUTH IS NOT TO TRY AND COUNTER THE T-U-L-I-P ADJECTIVES,                            BUT TO ADDRESS THE NOUNS: D-E-A-G-P                       
THAT IS: THE DEPRAVITY, ELECTION, ATONEMENT, GRACE, AND PERSEVERANCE.  

SOLUTION:
ADDRESS THE NOUNS, THE FOUNDATIONAL THINGS, NOT THE COMMENTS ON THEM.
I WOULD NOT TRY TO GET ANOTHER FLOWER, FOR THE “TULIP” CONSTRUCTION IS A WEED.
I WOULD NEED TO CONSTRUCT WHATEVER IS BEST TO EXPLAIN THE D-E-A-G-P.

MAYBE THIS:   
F-REE-WILL DEPRAVITY—SIN IS THE CHOICE OF REBELLION BY MAN.
R-IGHTEOUS ELECTION OF THE MEANS TO SAVE MAN:|
    GOD HAS CHOSEN HOW TO SAVE ANY MAN WHO BELIEVES,
    BUT HE HAS NOT CHOSEN WHO WILL BELIEVE.
U-NLIMITED ATONEMENT BECAUSE OF UNCONDITONAL LOVE.
I-MPARTIAL GRACE—WHOSOEVER WILL, MAY COME.
T-OTAL PROVISION FOR THE VICTORIOUS HOLY LIFE.