I just got done watching the "Holiness of God" series by RC Sproul, if you don't have a copy of it I would HIGHLY recommend picking a copy up or borrowing one, if you already own it, watch it again. I just got done watching it for the second time within the last week and it is awesome. RC has got to be one of the most entertaining reformed ministers that I've seen. Anyway, I digress...

I've have seene quite a few "alter calls" in my 32 years, most of them are pretty cheezy and the sinful part of me causes me to roll my eyes and stare at the floor. However, after watching the last segment of the Holiness of God, the Holiness of Christ, I'm convinced that more of this should be occuring in reformed churches today. RC laid it out, man is at emnity with God, unless you are covered by the righteousness of Christ, you don't stand a chance on the final day, Christ alone has done all that is necessary to attone for your sins. (I've paraphrased quite a bit). Anyway, it was definately presented in a reformed (biblical) manner. This got me thinking, if an unrepentent individual sat through a sermon and felt as if the Lord was working on his heart, would that individual be inclined to talk to the pastor or elder? My fear is that a lot of times this is assumed within reformed churches. I'm sure some of this is due to an aversion to give an alter call, but have we as reformed folk "thrown the baby out with the bath water"?


Disclaimer. I totally subscribe to the soverignty of God, so yes, if a person is truly being called by God, he/ she will enventually start asking questions, I understand and believe that.