Ever since Loraine Boettner's The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination Calvinism has been outlined by the acrostic TULIP:
- Total Depravity
- Unconditional Election
- Limited Atonement
- Irresistible Grace
- Perseverance of the Saints
Roger Nicole suggests the following replacements although the first is not an acrostic:
- Radical and Pervasive Depravity
- Sovereign, Divine Election
- Definite Atonement (or Particular Redemption)
- Effectual, Saving Grace
- Perseverance of God with the Saints
- GRACE is:
- Obligatory (that is, indispensable)
- Sovereign (in choice)
- Particular (in redemption)
- Effectual (in operation)
- Lasting (that is, secure)
Phil Johnson's outline of Calvinism given at Shepherd's Conference 2007 was based on John 4:19 - "We love Him because He first loved us." The outline is as follows:
- Perverseness of our fallen state - (we could not love Him first)
- Priority of God's electing choice - (He loved us first)
- Particularity of God's saving work - (He loved us)
- Power of His loving deliverance - (We love Him because)
- Perfection of His redemptive plan - (We love)
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