I am a 5-point Calvinist, but I dislike the TULIP acronym. I think 4
of the 5 letters are very misleading. Please check out this article
regarding the problems with "TULIP":
http://www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/nomoretulip.htm

I much prefer this formulation of the 5 points:

E - Exhaustive Depravity
L - Lord-centered Election
E - Effectual Atonement
C - Conquering Grace
T - Triumphant Saints

I go into some more detail here:
http://www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/elect.htm

I'm so tired of hearing Arminians build straw men out of the
words "unconditional", "limited", and "irresistible". "TULIP" has
been around so long, and it's not going away. But it would be nice to
start seeing fewer TULIPs as time goes by. When I try to
explain "TULIP" to people, I often have to explain
why "unconditional" doesn't really
mean "unconditional"; "irresistible" doesn't really
mean "irresistible", etc.

Even R.C. Sproul, Michael Horton, and many other Calvinist authors
complain about TULIP or avoid it altogether.

It's time for a new, more Biblical, more helpful mnemonic.
Maybe "ELECT" will be it. Maybe not. But if anyone else has any good
ideas for a new "TULIP", by all means, share it!

Let me know your thoughts . . .

In Christ,
Joseph M. Gleason
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