Hello and welcome back to Sootriology 101.

So glad that you joined us today, all my theology geek friends.

And this is a theology geek show for sure because we're going to be talking about some very,

I guess, splitting some hairs a little bit with regard to definitions of terms, somewhat semantical, I guess you could say.

But I think it's an important discussion because it really does help us, I think, to learn.

One of the things that I like to highlight, and that is trying to represent the other

person's perspective in a way that they would actually appreciate. And so with that said,

and with the goal stated that I often get with regard to our desire to represent our brothers

and sisters appropriately, and my desire to win

Calvinist over by good argumentation, I'm going to start with some apologies. I'm going to start

with owning up some things that I think Chris Date, who did a broadcast on my use of the word

arbitrary. I'm going to concede some things, okay?

One, I'm going to apologize for one statement I made with regard to

Jonathan Edwards.

And I said something to the effect of Jonathan Edwards was being intellectually

honest here, as if Calvinists who disagree with the word arbitrary, therefore,

aren't being intellectually honest, okay?

That was not a good way of putting that.

When I heard it restated when Chris played that, it did sound like I was insinuating that

Chris Date wasn't being intellectually honest because he

objects to me using the word arbitrary to describe unconditional election on Calvinism.

He's right.

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