redemption of the world, undergirding the indiscriminate preaching of the gospel and the promise that all who believe will be saved. If we leave aside the rather slippery phrases “limited” and “unlimited atonement,” we can draw some more accurate conclusions concerning Calvin’s views on the extent and limitation of Christ’s work in relation to other writers in the Reformed tradition. Calvin taught that the value, virtue, or merit of Christ’s work served as sufficient payment for the sins of all human