Barth’s reformulated doctrine of election provides the most notable and influential consequence of this line of criticism.7 Although these objections to the covenant of redemption are serious, they are not insurmountable, not least because many contemporary objections rest on misunderstanding and caricature,8 but, more important, also because the doctrine exhibits a faithful biblical judgment regarding the merciful purpose of the Triune God—from whom, through whom, and to whom all things proceed.