Hyper-Calvinism
243From Saul to Paul
31 Aug 2026
46:32¶ 140
“One of the biggest roadblocks to missions was the older Calvinism, which today I hope we would call hyper-Calvinism. It says if God’s got…”
46:09¶ 139
“The next thing is that most of these people were in fact Calvinists, so the next roadblock, and you can probably see this one…”
46:53¶ 141
“We don’t need to pray for it because it’s already God’s will.”
166Prayer and Work
26 Jun 2023
45:39¶ 173
“I think I said upfront that there are two sorts of Christians I think who have a problem with this. The hyper-Calvinist, let us…”
46:02¶ 174
“This is not Calvinism remotely, and it’s certainly not biblical faith. God ordains the means as well as the ends. Nobody applies that to,…”
46:44¶ 178
“Somehow the theology does not get in our way in everything else, but when it comes to asking God for things that we can’t…”
149The Peace of the City
19 Dec 2022
17:20¶ 50
“I can’t help but notice the way that we as Reformed believers sometimes fall into the same sort of fatalism when we’re dealing with…”
18:21¶ 52
“I definitely agree. I think there’s a strong tendency for us to basically say, “Well, you know…” We really have a hyper-Calvinizing instinct.”
18:38¶ 54
“As human beings we just have a tendency to be like, “Well, you know, que sera sera. What will be will be. God’s going…”
76The Theology of the Conquest
26 Jul 2021
35:08¶ 110
“It’s hyper-Calvinism. Up to that point I thought hyper-Calvinism was a myth, and then I found out, “No, there are actually people who believe…”
33:49¶ 107
“My roommate in college, one of them, was from a small Reformed sect which shall remain unnamed, but the people in this little denomination…”
34:45¶ 108
“You can go to church, and should. I’m not sure why that followed, but you did. If you’re a covenant child you go to…”