Saint Nick Finds John Calvin

For John, BLUF:  It is scary to think about how life turns on small things.  If the Puritans had prevailed then this wouldn't be far from wrong.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Santa Claus Converts To Calvinism, Moves Everybody To Naughty List

From The Babylon Bee, 22 December 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

NORTH POLE—After a transformative moment reading R.C. Sproul’s What Is Reformed Theology? for the first time earlier this week, legendary Christmas icon Santa Claus reportedly converted to a full-on, five-point Calvinist, and almost immediately moved every single person on the planet to the naughty list, sources confirmed Friday.

“How can I put anyone on the nice list, when every human being is totally depraved from birth?” St. Nick was overheard saying to Mrs. Claus in his office.  “No matter what filthy rags of righteousness they bring before the Lord, they are condemned already based on their sin nature.”

And there it is.  Progressivism meets Religion.

Either way, we are all sinners, and we can not save ourselves.

In the case of John Calvin, he lost sight of the love of God.  Because God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son, as it says in John 3:16.

In the case of Progressives, they can look back on Karl Marx and Antonio Gramsci.&nsp; That is a grim duo and they want to make people perfect, by taking away their freedom.  Between Calvin and Marx, take Calvin.  There you would find space to grow.

Merry Christmas!

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff