Summary Of The Doctrines Of Grace By Michael Horton

In a respectful way both authors try to prove how their systematic theology is more accurate to the Scripture. Michael Horton introduces his book dealing with the essence of Calvinism, he describes the origins of the label Calvinism. “Calvinism came into use around 1558 in Lutheran polemics against Reformed view of the Lord’s Supper articulated especially by John Calvin” (23). Moreover, Horton gives an exhaustive historical background on how Calvinism known as reformed theology where has been not only shaped by John Calvin’s contributions. In his book, he presents the acrostic known as TULIP where he describes the five points of the doctrine of Calvinism or the Doctrines of Grace as he likes to call it. In addition, Horton makes a great distinction