Calvinism

by Evangelist Frank Tyler

Preface

This article began as a letter to my daughter Jen and son-in-law Dale to answer questions they had regarding Calvinism. When I discovered my grandson Caleb would attend Multnomah Bible College soon, I revised this letter and added footnotes to help him understand these issues in greater depth. From the perspective of equipping others to do evangelism, the ongoing conflict between Calvinism and Arminianism undermines assurance of eternal life; simply put, an individual cannot share what he does not know he has: namely, everlasting life. If the issues surrounding Arminianism and Calvinism are beginning to percolate into the spiritual life of my family, perhaps other brothers and sisters share similar concerns for their families.