Coming up next, on Renewing Your Mind.

Was it the father's intent to send his son to die on the cross,

to make salvation possible for everybody,

but also with the possibility that it would be effective for nobody?

That's the question RC Sproul will tackle today on Renewing Your Mind,

thank you for joining us today, I'm Lee Webb.

Dr. Sproul has been looking at the distinctives of Reformed Theology this week,

and perhaps no aspect of it is as controversial as the doctrine of limited atonement.

True Christians agree that Christ died to save us from our sins.

The question is, did Jesus go to the cross with everyone in mind,

or was his atoning sacrifice intended only for some?

Here's our scene.

So we continue now with our study of the core doctrines of Reformed Theology,

and we've been looking at the controversial five points of Calvinism,

and we've already looked at the T in Tulip, and the U in Tulip,

and all that's left of the Tulip now is the lip part,

and we're going to start today by looking at the owl of Tulip,

which stands for limited atonement.

And I think of all of the five points of Calvinism,

this is the one that is most controversial,

and in genders perhaps the most confusion and consternation of them.

Our friends in the dispensationalist camp have a tradition

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