Bonus Episode

In this bonus episode, we address a question that provokes strong reactions among Christians:
Why is Calvinism so deeply disliked—even among believers?

The answer is not primarily emotional, cultural, or historical.
It is theological.

Calvinism is resisted because it teaches that salvation is governed entirely by God’s sovereignty, not human autonomy. This episode explores why that truth offends fallen human pride and how Scripture consistently places salvation in God’s hands alone.

• Why Calvinism provokes emotional opposition, not just disagreement

• How human pride resists the loss of “decisive choice” in salvation

• The biblical case for God’s absolute sovereignty in saving sinners

• Why Scripture teaches inability, not neutrality, in fallen man

• How Calvinism removes all grounds for boasting

• Why evangelism is not hindered—but guaranteed—by God’s sovereignty

• Romans 9:16 — Salvation does not depend on human will or effort

• Romans 9:18 — God has mercy on whom He wills

• Romans 9:20 — Man’s place before God’s authority

• Jonah 2:9 — Salvation belongs to the LORD

• Ephesians 2:1 — Dead in trespasses and sins

• Ephesians 2:4–5 — God makes the dead alive

• John 8:34 — Slavery to sin

• Romans 8:7–8 — Inability to submit to God

• Ephesians 2:8–9 — Salvation by grace, not works

• 1 Corinthians 1:30–31 — Boasting only in the Lord

• John 6:44 — No one can come unless drawn by the Father

• Romans 10:14–15 — God ordains preaching as the means

• Acts 13:48 — Those appointed to eternal life believed

Calvinism is not hated because it is harsh.
It is hated because it is humbling.

It denies man the role of sovereign decision-maker and declares that salvation—from start to finish—belongs to God alone. In doing so, it magnifies grace, secures assurance, and places all glory where Scripture says it belongs: with God.

Key Themes CoveredScripture References (ESV)God’s Sovereignty Over SalvationMan’s Spiritual ConditionGrace, Faith, and BoastingHuman Inability and Divine DrawingEvangelism and God’s OrdinationCore Takeaway