{"id":93,"date":"2013-12-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2016-02-17T19:20:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:20:10","slug":"on-calvinism-and-odes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"On Calvinism and Odes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/juicyecumenism.com\/2013\/12\/05\/john-pipers-stirring-ode-to-calvinism\/\">post by Mark Tooley at First Things<\/a> on that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/calvinist\">John Piper video<\/a> that made the rounds a little while ago. He comments:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Karl_Barth.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sunergoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Karl_Barth-205x300.jpg?resize=218%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s hard to think of Methodist equivalents, although there are great minds within Methodism. Some who operate under Methodism actually heed other intellectual traditions, like Karl Barth\u2019s. Could there ever be a poem or video called \u201cThe Barthian?\u201d It would be very nuanced, no doubt, but not very dramatic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am reminded of Barth&#8217;s description of Calvin, encapsulating Calvin&#8217;s uniqueness (and Barth&#8217;s orientalism for that matter):<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Calvin is a cataract, a primeval force, a demonic power, something directly from the Himalayas, absolutely Chinese \u2013 strange and mythical\u2026 I could gladly and profitably set myself down and spend the rest of my life just with Calvin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Barth, it seems, would prefer an ode to Calvin. The rest <a href=\"http:\/\/juicyecumenism.com\/2013\/12\/05\/john-pipers-stirring-ode-to-calvinism\/\">here.<\/a><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wonderful post by Mark Tooley at First Things on that John Piper video that made the rounds a little while ago. 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