ReformingChristianity- Resources for the reforming Christian

Welcome to the ReformingChristianity.com "Netvibes Universe"!  On this site you will find a large collection of links to excellent Reformed Christian theological teachings, blogs, podcasts, free books, free seminary courses, and much more. We truly are blessed to have such an abundance of high quality resources available to us without cost on the Internet. 

What makes these pages a little different is that they utilize the "Web 2.0" technology of the Netvibes platform, making it simple for me as the curator to manage and add new content, and hopefully convenient for you, as a visitor, to enjoy the many resources here.  If you want to suggest a good reformed resource, please send me an email at reformingchristian@gmail.com.

I also am a blogger at ReformingChristianity.com, a blog that features original articles from a reformed Christian ("doctrines of grace") perspective.  Previously I was blogging at Jordan's View.

This site is especially focused on promoting the reformed "doctrines of grace", also known by the acrostic "T.U.L.I.P."  The classic, rich bible truths found in these teachings paint a portrait of God and of Christian life that properly show God as central to salvation and sanctification (or, in simple words, He is the one that saves believers and makes us like Him, from beginning to end). 

These doctrines honor and glorify God by crediting Him alone as the One whose power transforms lives, through the radical grace that comes to us through Jesus Christ. They offer meaty, substantive insights from the Scriptures-- a bracing antidote to the weak, man-centered teaching altogether too prevalent in these days.  These doctrines have sometimes been maligned by detractors as a man-made system.  They have been accused of being erroneous-- even heretical; a detriment, rather than a blessing to the church.  But I believe the critics are wholly off-target in such an assessment.  For the reformed truths were not discovered or derived from any place other than the teachings of inspired Scripture.  They present biblical truths that sometimes appear contradictory or irreconcilable to our finite minds-- such as, how can God be sovereign over all things, including salvation, yet man still held responsible for his choices?  Yet such teachings are only apparently contradictory-- for the great reformed truths God has graciously revealed to humanity through the Bible cannot be grasped by human reasoning alone, but are nonetheless to be accepted and obeyed, by the faith God gives us.

May this site then, lead many to discover and study these old truths of "Calvinism" for themselves-- and decide whether or not they are the teaching of the Bible.  If after careful examination one is not yet convinced they are not biblical, then by all means do not adopt them--just yet. This isn't to say that I believe that individual judgments on these matters are the final arbiter; it is my prayer that the Spirit may use reformed teaching perhaps discovered by means of this site to convince all that these doctrines are indeed of God, and thus help people to embrace them, and be full of godly joy and fruit in applying them.

Blessings,

Alexander M. Jordan
Blogger/Writer/Musician/Reformer
ReformingChristianity.com (http://reformingchristianity.com)
Jordan's View (http://jordansview.blogspot.com)