Predestined to Believe: Common Objections to the Reformed Faith Answered (Biblia.com)

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Adam Murrell examines common arguments against Calvinism, demonstrating that they are often the result of misunderstandings, faulty reasoning, or poor scriptural exegesis. Murrell starts from the premise that we, as a fallen people, need God to save us from our sins with his sovereignty and grace. He asserts that God’s sovereignty is not a barrier to Calvinism but a powerful support for it.

Simply put, free will is “that by which the mind chooses any thing”.1 That sounds reasonable, does it not? Before one can choose to do anything, he must first have some idea of what he is choosing. Our mind must first accept or reject a notion before we can choose. The mind shapes our inclinations and desires, just as your mind shaped your desire to read this letter. To put it another way, free will is the ability to choose for ourselves—according to our strongest desire at the moment. In fact, we

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