Defending Calvin With Arminianism

I took AP Western Civilization when I was in high school. I’ve forgotten a lot since then, but I vividly remember the class where we talked about the Reformation. Even though it was a public high school, my teacher found a way to get us talking about Luther and Calvin. In discussing Calvin, we couldn’t avoid a heated conversation about predestination. The class uniformly thought the idea of God choosing people for salvation was ghastly.

But I remembered my mom telling me that “we like John Calvin,” so I felt duty bound to put in a good word for the Genevan Reformer. I raised my hand…