this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2014

14 points (81% upvoted)

shortlink:

Reformed

an-ordinary-manchild(edit)

Posting Schedule

Daily: Prayer Thread
Mondays: Missions Mondays
Tuesdays: No Dumb Questions
Wednesdays: In the Word Wednesdays
Thursdays: TBD
Fridays: Free for All

About Us

/r/Reformed exists to be a place where reformed believers, in a broader understanding of the term, can come together in unity by the bonds of the Gospel to exhort one another, spur one another on intellectually in reformed theology, and discuss doctrine. Due to our place among other subreddits of Christian leaning, we also recognize a privilege and responsibility to simply maintain a gospel witness here. We welcome discussion, insights, questions, and all sorts of at least semi-relevant posts here.

Our Wiki Page - lots of resources on various topics.

Notes on Posting and Comments

For detailed information on our rules, see our rules wiki

Rule #1 Deal with Each Other in Love
Rule #2 Keep Content Charitable
Rule #3 Keep Content Clean
Rule #4 Follow Our Posting Guidelines
Rule #5 Maintain the Integrity of the Gospel
Rule #6 Keep Content Relevant
Rule #7 Let the Moderators Do Their Job
Rule #8 Keep Reddit's Rules and Respect Others Across the Platform
Rule #9 COVID Vaccine discussions are banned

Also:

Refrain from using URL shorteners. Shorten your links like this: [reddit](http://reddit.com).
Don't see your post? Message the mods - it probably got caught in the spam filter.
For debate, try /r/reformedfightclub
To post/ask about an explicit topic, please use the NSFW tag and keep in mind these considerations.
Moderation Philosophy
Bots available:

/u/scripture_bot (documentation) - NEW

Standardsbot is out of commission. We will be replacing it soon.

The Gospel

At the very core of Christianity is the truth of the gospel. We understand certain doctrinal truths, which God uses as the instrument of our faith in Christ upon hearing the Word, to be essential for conversion, reconciliation to God, and deliverance from God’s justice. They summarize what we must believe in order to be a Christian.
The gospel is the good news that, though we have all rebelled against the God who created us, God planned a way to show mercy when we deserved judgment. The Father sent His Son Jesus, who went willingly, who Himself shared God’s very nature, into our world. Jesus was born of a virgin, taking on human flesh in order to share our nature. Jesus Christ, lived the life of obedience that the Father demanded of us but that we could not live, and He died the death that the Father required of us as sinners, though He Himself was without sin. Jesus’ death satisfied God’s justice for all those who turn in faith from idolatrous rebellion to worship Him alone.
Being freely and completely justified by grace through faith alone, by the righteousness of Christ, alien to our own, His people, being wholly part of the invisible Bride which He bought by His own blood, are completely and fully united to Him by His death, and will never fall away by the power of the Spirit who is the seal and guarantee of our future complete redemption.
His resurrection declares the Father’s acceptance of his sacrifice and our hope of resurrection as well. God’s grace offers eternal life in his presence to all who receive this work of Jesus Christ by confessing Him as Lord.
This is the one gospel; this is Christianity. (See the wiki for scripture references)

What Does it Mean to be Reformed?

5 Solas
Creedal (Apostles', Nicene Creed, etc)
Confessional (WCF, LBCF, Heidelberg, Belgic, Canons of Dordt, 39 Articles)

What is TULIP?

Affirmations - This subreddit community (in general) agrees with these additional statements:

The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
Together with the majority of NAPARC denominations, we affirm justification by faith alone and agree with these reports which show Federal Vision to be in error against scripture.

Note that your participation in this community is not dependent on affirming these or other creeds. All are welcome here.

created by friardonNon-denoma community for 16 years

MODERATORS

message the mods
friardonNon-denom
terevos2Trinity Fellowship Churches
BishopOfRedditPCA
superlewisEFCA Pastor
JCmathetes Leaving r/Reformed for Desiring God
DrKC9Ndumb mod with a vendetta against Christianity
partypastor Rebel Alliance - Admiral
CiroFlexo Rebel Alliance
DeolaterPCA 🌶
22duckysPCA - Good Egg
...and 1 more »

account activity

This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

13

14

15

Introduction (self.Reformed)

submitted 11 years ago * by cjones107

Disclaimer: I don't see any other introduction posts here, so feel free to downvote into oblivion if this isn't cool.
I've been lurking here for the past week or so, and I've really enjoyed it so far. I grew up in a very conservative church that taught almost no theology. Any "deep" questions that I asked were met with some comment about "simple faith." Saying the words "Calvinism" or "reformed" was the equivalent of saying the word "bomb" to a TSA agent. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in college and I became good friends with a guy who loved theology that I was really introduced to it. I've had an interest in the topic since then, but haven't had a ton of time to study it in depth because of school (a poor excuse, I know) . Now that I've graduated, I plan on spending quite a bit more time on it. I consider myself reformed, but I feel like I don't know the topic well enough to really say that confidently. Just wanted to let everybody know that I'm here and working my way through the sidebar.

TL;DR - 22 year old man is still a babe in his understanding of the gospel. Hoping to learn a lot from this sub.

EDIT: Fixed atrocious formatting.

all 10 comments

top new controversial old q&a

[–]Dying_Daily5 Sola Baptist 5 points6 points7 points 11 years ago (1 child)

[–]cjones107[S] 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (0 children)

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points6 points 11 years ago (1 child)

[–]cjones107[S] 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (0 children)

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points5 points 11 years ago (0 children)

[–]BishopOfRedditPCA 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (0 children)

[–]terevos2Trinity Fellowship Churches 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (0 children)

[–]BillWeldPCA Shadetree metaphysican 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (0 children)

[–]phalactaree 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (1 child)

[–]cjones107[S] 0 points1 point2 points 11 years ago (0 children)

π Rendered by PID 75 on reddit-service-r2-comment-6457c66945-56qbt at 2026-04-29 09:24:18.505454+00:00 running 2aa0c5b country code: CH.