[To see this article's related YouTube video, click here ]. Conversations about Calvinism online often seem like cage matches. There’s an unspoken rule that if you disagree with someone, you probably despise them too. But that’s not where I’m at, nor is it where I want to be. My distaste for someone’s distortion of Scripture does not mean I dislike who they are or everything they say. Just because someone believes in a Calvinistic form of predestination, “once saved, always s

Before this series of articles goes any further, let me be the first to admit, there are plenty of Calvinists who have earned and kept my deepest respect for several years now. Their teaching on Christianity is thoughtful, well-read, and consistently engaging with Scripture in a way that I appreciate. These folks know their theology, and their commitment to the Bible is something I can’t overlook. Far too often, it feels like professing “Christians" have a pretty low view of