What Love Is This? Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God

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A Brief Word......Page 2
An Issue Of Great Importance......Page 9
Is Calvinism So Difficult To Understand?......Page 14
Making Certain Of Accuracy And Fairness......Page 15
The Most Compelling Reason......Page 16
Facing A Real Dilemma......Page 17
John Calvin And His lnstitutes......Page 20
Augustine And The Use Of Force......Page 29
Augustine\'s Dominant Influence......Page 30
Is Calvinism Really A Protestant Belief?......Page 31
Drawing From A Polluted Stream......Page 32
An Amazing Contradiction......Page 33
The Role Of The Latin Vulgate......Page 34
The Geneva And King James Bibles And Protestant Creeds......Page 35
The New Geneva Study Bible......Page 36
From Constantine To Augustine......Page 40
From Augustine To Calvin......Page 41
Tyranny in Geneva......Page 42
Don\'t Cross Dr. Calvin!......Page 43
Good Intentions Gone Astray......Page 44
The Hopelessness Of Imposed \"Godliness\"......Page 45
Servetus: The Arch Heretic......Page 46
The Torture And Burning Of Servetus......Page 47
Does The Christian Life Conform To Culture?......Page 48
Arminius And His Teachings......Page 52
The Break With Calvinism......Page 53
Arminianism And State Churches......Page 54
Synods, Assemblies, Councils, And Confessions......Page 55
The Five Arminian Points......Page 56
The Growing Controversy......Page 57
Fruits Of The Synod Of Dort......Page 59
The Westminster Assembly......Page 60
Lessons To Be Learned......Page 61
Defining Calvinism......Page 62
Calvinism\'s Admitted Irrationality......Page 66
Depravity Equals Inability?......Page 67
What Ability Is Needed To Receive A Gift?......Page 68
Born Again Before Salvation?......Page 69
The Appalling Consequences......Page 70
Which Comes First, Salvation Or Faith?......Page 71
Biblical Support For Total Depravity?......Page 73
Is God Sincere?......Page 74
Calvin\'s Inconsistency......Page 75
Faced With A Choice......Page 76
Choice And Human Responsibility......Page 79
What God Is This?......Page 80
Not A Question Of Obligation......Page 81
Why Does God Strive?......Page 82
A Clear Contrast......Page 83
When Is Depravity Not Total?......Page 84
The Emperor\'s Clothes Again?......Page 85
When You\'re Dead, Are You Dead?......Page 86
Leopard\'s Spots, Man\'s Skin Color - Like Sin?......Page 87
Simple Confusion Over Inability......Page 88
A Distorted Sovereignty......Page 91
A Commendable But Mistaken Zeal......Page 92
Confronting A Vital Distinction......Page 93
Hear It From Calvin And Calvinists......Page 94
Is This The God Of The Bible?......Page 95
A Merciless Sovereignty......Page 96
Sovereignty And Free Will......Page 97
An Important Distinction......Page 98
God Can Neither Tempt Nor Be Tempted......Page 100
Free Will Does Not Conflict With God\'s Sovereignty......Page 101
Creator And Creation......Page 105
God\'s Continual Protection......Page 106
The Problem Of Evil......Page 107
Why Doesn\'t God Stop Evil And Suffering?......Page 108
Practical Consequences Of Denying Free Will......Page 109
Love: The Missing Ingredient......Page 111
Differentiating Foreknowledge From Predestination......Page 112
Foreknowledge As Proof......Page 113
What About Man\'s Will?......Page 115
Do Outside Influences Destroy Free Will?......Page 116
Foreknowledge And Man\'s Will......Page 117
Augustine On Free Will......Page 118
A Few Relevant Facts......Page 123
Erasmus Of Rotterdam......Page 125
The Forerunner Of The Reformation......Page 126
Finally The Open Antagonism......Page 127
A Hopeless Strategy......Page 128
Luther\'s Provoked Response......Page 129
Is The Will Really In Bondage?......Page 131
An Awkward Duel......Page 133
To What Is The Will In Bondage?......Page 135
A Prejudicial Misuse Of Scripture......Page 136
Forcing Scripture To Say What It Doesn\'t......Page 137
Confusing The Issue......Page 138
The Vital Importance Of Sovereignty......Page 142
Does God Cause Man To Sin?......Page 143
Incapable And Predestined, Yet Accountable?......Page 144
A Strained And Unwarranted Redefinition Of Words......Page 145
Who Are The Elect, And Why?......Page 146
Scripture And Conscience Are United Against It......Page 147
What \"Justice\" Is This?......Page 148
Evading The Issues......Page 149
No Escape By Semantics......Page 150
Sovereignty And Salvation......Page 153
Illustrating A Point......Page 155
Predestination To Salvation - Or Not?......Page 157
Giving God A Bad Name......Page 158
A Strange \"Mercy\" And \"Kindness\"......Page 159
Denying A Clear Contradiction......Page 160
Biblical Mercy, Kindness And Grace......Page 161
Perverting Predestination......Page 164
The Role Of Predestination In Calvinism......Page 165
Where Is God\'s Love?......Page 166
Distorting A Metaphor......Page 167
A Simple Exegesis......Page 168
The Meaning Of Foreknowledge Is Clear......Page 169
Why Not Accept The Simplest Meaning......Page 170
A Closer Look At Election......Page 171
Calvin\'s Fallacious Arguments......Page 173
Honoring God\'s Love Is Heresy?......Page 178
The Doctrine Clearly Stated......Page 179
Key, Yet Controversial, Even Among Calvinists......Page 180
Why Aren\'t All Men Saved?......Page 181
Salvation Is For All......Page 182
Abusing God\'s Word......Page 185
What About \"Double Jeopardy\"?......Page 186
Was \"Some\" Of Christ\'s Blood Shed In Vain?......Page 187
Changing The Meaning Of \"World\"......Page 190
Ingenious But Irrational......Page 191
What About 1 John 2:2?......Page 192
What About The Meaning Of \"The Whole World\"?......Page 193
Salvation Is Not The Subject......Page 197
\"Two Nations ... And Two Manner Of People\"......Page 198
What About Pharaoh?......Page 200
\"Whom He Will He Hardeneth\"......Page 201
Clay, The Potter And Vessels Of Wrath......Page 203
John 3:16-17 Revisited......Page 204
Christ Died for All......Page 205
Christ \"Tasted Death For Every Man\"......Page 207
Understanding 2 Peter 3:9......Page 209
Are The Elect In Danger Of Perishing?......Page 210
Grasping At Straws......Page 211
God\'s Infinite Love......Page 212
The Serious Consequences Of Sovereignty Misapplied......Page 216
What Love, Compassion And Grace Is This?......Page 218
A longsuffering God......Page 219
A Foundational Misunderstanding......Page 220
More Contradictions......Page 221
Irresistible Grace And The Gospel......Page 222
A Classic Oxymoron......Page 223
Are There \"Two Conflicting Wills\" With God?......Page 224
Can God\'s Grace Be Rejected Or Resisted?......Page 225
The Calvinist\'s Unresolvable Problem......Page 226
What Does The Bible Teach?......Page 227
What About God\'s Love?......Page 228
What God Is This?......Page 229
This Is Election?......Page 230
Left with unanswered Questions......Page 231
When Grace Isn\'t Grace......Page 235
A One-Sided Emphasis......Page 236
A Continuing Cover-Up......Page 237
Unbiblical And Unreasonable......Page 239
Demeaning The Great Commission......Page 240
A Subtle Surrender To Materialism......Page 241
Adding To The Confusion......Page 242
Irresistible Grace And Spiritual Death......Page 243
Seeking An Understanding......Page 244
The \"Spiritually Dead\" Hear And Believe......Page 245
Limited\" Irresistible Grace?......Page 246
Careless Extrapolation......Page 250
The Overwhelming Testimony Of Scripture......Page 251
A Simple, Straightforward Declaration......Page 252
The Calvinist\'s Best Foot Forward......Page 253
The Burden Of Proof......Page 254
Those Who \"Draw Back Unto Perdition\"......Page 255
Is It All A Charade?......Page 256
Eisegetical Illusion......Page 257
Was Calvin Really The Great Exegete?......Page 258
Finding The \"Unavailable\" Exegesis......Page 260
Human Responsibility......Page 262
The Universal Thirst That Only God Can Quench......Page 263
More Contradictions......Page 264
Persuasion, The Gospel And God......Page 267
Calvinism And Evangelism......Page 268
The Simplicity Of What John Says......Page 269
Staggering Deductions......Page 270
Look At The Context......Page 271
Confusing Man\'s Faith With God\'s Work......Page 273
Is Faith, Or Salvation, The Gift Of God?......Page 274
The Biblical Order: Faith Brings Salvation......Page 275
Did Christ Really Weep Over Jerusalem?......Page 276
Is There A Real Battle For Souls?......Page 278
That Inescapable Will Again!......Page 279
\"Where Is Boasting Then?\"......Page 280
Commissisoned By God To Persuade Men......Page 281
The Bottom Line......Page 282
God Contrasted With False Gods......Page 283
Perseverance Of The Saints......Page 286
An Endemic Uncertainty Of Salvation......Page 287
Uncomfortable With Jesus?......Page 289
The Gospel: God\'s Power Unto Salvation......Page 290
Enter A Troubling Uncertainty......Page 291
Growing Confusion......Page 292
A Victim Of Subtle Deception?......Page 293
The Impact Of \"Unconditional Election\"......Page 294
\"Limited Atonement\" Adds To His Despair......Page 295
Turning To Calvin For Help......Page 296
What \"God\" Is This!......Page 297
Is There No Way Of Escape?......Page 298
Calvin\'s Weakness As An Apologist......Page 299
To God Be The Glory!......Page 308
A Forgotten Challenge......Page 309
Calvinism\'s Last Stand......Page 310
The Final Question......Page 312
Assurance for Eternity......Page 313
A Final Word......Page 314