So am I wrong for thinking that a choice is not for real?

Now am I wrong for thinking we're responsible when we see?

That's just why it's real.

It's time for the Soteriology 101 podcast, where God is most glorified by his love and provision

for all people. Welcome your host. The director of apologetics for Texas Baptists, an adjunct professor

of theology, and a local teaching pastor, Dr. Layton Flowers. Hello, and welcome back to Sociology 101, where we're continuing with the 12 myths about

Calvinism from the Credo House ministry.

Author Michael Patton has written an article called The 12 Myths about Calvinism, where he's

tackling things that he perceives as myths that are often brought against the Calvinistic worldview.

And we're trying to be obviously very cordial, very nice in this.

This is not meant to be heated, hopefully bringing more light than heat in this discussion.

I think Michael Patton is a very good brother.

We've played his podcast on here from the Credo House Ministries several times before.

Sam Storms is often a guest on that podcast, who is a part of John Piper's Desiring God

Board.

At least he was at some time in the past.

And so we don't want to misrepresent them.

We want to let them speak for themselves, as we've talked about before.

But some of the claims that we're

bringing about Calvinism in general are based upon certain aspects of what Calvin himself taught

or what some of the leading Calvinists, like John Piper, teach, because they are the most influential

in our world today with regard to Calvinism. And so when we're asking these points or these questions, remember that we're not necessarily saying that all Calvinists agree with each other on all these different points. We're also not saying necessarily that Calvinist would openly affirm fatalism, for example, on the point we're going to talk about today. But instead, what we're saying

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