Both its teachings and its historical record leave us little choice but to embrace neocalvinism as the way to go when engaging culture. First off, neocalvinism is a comprehensive outlook on life and the world, a full-fledged worldview, one that is a match for every ideology that we encounter and often collide with in our daily lives. Secondly, the neocalvinist worldview equips the wide-awake Christian like no other option for being busy in God's world and witnessing to the gospel in its healing power for every human endeavour that we come across in today's complex social and cultural world.
"If God is sovereign, then his lordship must extend over all of life, and it cannot be restricted to the walls of the church or within the Christian orbit." Abraham Kuyper Common Grace 1.1.
Saturday, 22 April 2006
Neocalvinism ... yes
This week's Comment continues the theme of neocalvinism. Harry Van Dyke answers: Yes - do we have a choice? He opens:
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