Calvinists Chapter 8 Summary

• Chapter 8: I have decent background knowledge of the differences between Calvinists and Armminists, but this chapter changed my thinking. The previous discussions and literature I have experienced have made Calvinists out to be irrational. This chapter appropriately represented the supporting and objecting arguments to both viewpoints. I gained an understanding of why Calvinists believe what they do, and I can now look at Scripture and see where they are coming from. Their beliefs are not radical; they are just radically different than mine.
• Chapter 10: The security of our salvation is something I, unfortunately, had never even considered. Until reading this chapter, I had the assumption that our salvation was secured, partly because I was uneducated, and partly because that is the nice and easy answer we all desire. Though I still cannot lean more toward either the Conditional view or the Eternal view, this chapter certainly stirred up a serious element of the faith that I had never
• Chapter 8: The author compares the Biblical ideology of humanity being “dead in our sin” to us being actual corpses. This imagery was a powerful description that helped me understand the foundation of TULIP. The author’s main points stem around the break down of TULIP. The two points that stood out to me the most were first, Calvinists model a strong confidence in their belief and faith in God, and two, God is always just, but that does not mean He is always fair.
• Chapter 10: The author presents a pretty strong argument against the Eternal view. He makes a strong point the scripture does not back it up, and even goes against it, specifically in the area of free will. The Eternal view aligning with Calvinism is also a largely discussed topic. From the other perspective, Conditional security not only contradicts the few passages that support the Eternal view, but it also creates the temptation of doing good works to earn