Why I Am Not a Calvinist Quotes

“Then suddenly—or so it seemed to me—in the past two years Calvinism began emerging as an issue everywhere. Perhaps I am just waking up, but it seems to me that this peculiar doctrine is being promoted far more widely and aggressively now than I was ever aware in the past.4”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist

“Since Protestant theology makes no claim that the Bible is crystal clear beyond that minimal knowledge necessary for salvation, it implicitly acknowledges that Christians may differ without having to accuse each other of intellectual weakness or moral corruption.”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist

“Southern Baptists are at a crossroads. We have a choice to make. The choice is between the deep-rooted, God-centered theology of evangelical Calvinism and the man-centered, unstable theology of the other perspectives present in the convention.”7”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist

“Recently, however, Calvinism seems to be staging a remarkable comeback. Consider the words of popular author Dave Hunt, explaining why he chose to write a book on Calvinism despite the controversy it might cause.”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist

“Where Calvinism and Arminianism may lie on a map in relation to this or that heresy generates an interesting discussion but little illumination.”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist

“Does God determine, solely according to his own unilaterally established will, exactly who will be saved and who will be lost?”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist

“Why is Calvinism making a comeback? What is its appeal?”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist

“While the blustery Luther, with his categorical denials of any ambiguity in the Bible, stands as the champion of the humble reader, the reasoning Luther stands within the stream of creeds and scholarship that defines more soberly and narrowly the scope and nature of the Bible’s clarity.”
― Jerry L. Walls, Why I Am Not a Calvinist