Do Calvinists Believe God Forces People to Become Christians?

Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers

Leighton Flowers

Baptist, Atonement, Reformed, Bible, Religion & Spirituality, Calvinism, Biblical, Arminianism, Calvin, Christianity, Christian

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🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Evangelism and Apologetics for Texas Baptists, addresses an article written by a Calvinistic author regarding "the 12 myths about Calvinism," which can be seen here:

https://credohouse.org/blog/12-myths-calvinism#comments

This is part 6 of 12 in the series and Dr. Flowers looks at the logical consistency of Calvinists who claim God is not forcing people to become Christians against their will.

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0:00.0	So am I wrong for thinking that a choice is not for real?
0:08.4	Now am I wrong for thinking we're responsible when we see?
0:16.0	That's just why it's real.
0:17.9	It's time for the Soteriology 101 podcast, where God is most glorified by his love and provision for all people.
0:26.4	Welcome your host.
0:27.8	The director of apologetics for Texas Baptists, an adjunct professor of theology, and a local teaching pastor.
0:34.9	Dr. Layton Flowers.
0:37.1	Hello, and welcome back to Sociology 101.
0:39.7	Today we're going to pick back up on the 12-part series we started several weeks ago
0:44.6	called The 12 Myths About Calvinism by Cretel House Ministries, author Michael Patton,
0:51.1	who is a Calvinistic brother, a good guy who we've played on the program before in his
0:56.3	podcast Unplugged. And they're a good, well-intending Christian brothers that we love. I have to feel
1:03.9	like I have to say that every time because there is cordiality in disagreements with other brothers
1:09.4	over these doctrinal issues. And I want us to make sure that
1:12.3	we set that example for those who are having these kinds of discussions to say this does not
1:16.2	have to be overly polemic, overly disagreeable, but we can stand firm on what we believe to be true.
1:23.0	And from the Calvinistic perspective, he is outlining 12 myths about Calvinism as he sees them.
1:29.5	And I'm simply going through those from our perspective as traditionalists.
1:33.2	Some label us Armenians.
1:34.9	That's not a very good label for us because we hold to some key distinctives from Armenianism as well.
1:40.9	And so we've been called traditionalist or provisionists that we believe God
1:46.3	provides and desires for the salvation of every man, woman, boy, and girl. And this is one of the
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