Fun with Acrostics
Being a Calvinist, I am fond of the acrostic known as T.U.L.I.P. :
T = Total Depravity
U = Unconditional Election
L = Limited Atonement
I = Irresistible Grace
P= Perseverance of the Saints
T = Total Depravity
U = Unconditional Election
L = Limited Atonement
I = Irresistible Grace
P= Perseverance of the Saints
Lately, with the onslaught of attacks on Calvinism by some members of the Southern Baptist Convention, I have seen some new acrostics being used. For example, Dr. Nelson Price (not a Calvinist) uses an acrostic called R.O.S.E.S. which is virtually the same as the the R.O.S.E.S. acrostic used by a Calvinist named Timothy George -but with a "non-Calvinist" spin on it.
R = Radical Depravity
O = Overcoming Grace
S = Sovereign Election
E = Eternal Life
S = Singular Redemption
While Price's spin on the ROSES acrostic is nice, it really won't work because it has also been used by Calvinists. I thought perhaps we should come up with something more original for our Arminian friends. So in order to give them their own acrostic that answers TULIP point by point, I have devised an acrostic for them:
T = Total Free Will
A = All Elect: if they Select
R = Redemption Universal
E = Effectual Resistance
S = Security Conditional