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Pattern 1: Solos ~ Common Grace

Post these to Wittenberg, folks!

1) Solo Scriptura: I only read the Bible - nothing else. No commentary, no creed is my creed.

~ But isn't the other reading material common grace?

1.1) Solo Psalmodia:  I only sing the Psalms. Nothing else.

1.2) Also ... I only read KJV. I don't read any other Bible even the koine Greek and Hebrew ones. 

2) Solo Reformed-Covenantal-Transcendental-Presuppositional Apologetics & Scripturalism: I only use the Bible when doing apologetics. I never resort to unbiblical arguments like the Kalam Cosmological Argument or the Moral Argument.

3) Solo Healing: I don't take meds or see docs. I only pray and send out prayer requests and have the elders prayer over me (James 5). Or, I have faith. That is enough. I don't need pills. Healing cloths (Acts 19) are also ok as I am a very biblical person. But are pills common grace.

4) Solo Nouthetico: I only see Biblical Counseling counselors/therapists. I don't see Christian counselors, read any psychology articles online or even contemplate psychology like how does the restaurant ambience affect mood because its not in the Bible.

5) Solo Evangelisimo: I only evangelize. I don't feed the sick, clothe the poor or pass out blankets to the homeless, because it is not verbally proclaiming the Gospel. 

5.1) Monergism related: I don't believe in persuasion. I just state the Gospel.

6) 24 hour creationism - What do I do with common grace scientific data?

Common grace is important. It is not salvific but still important. Common grace breaks the Fall, while Saving grace reverses the Fall.

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