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Thomas Talbott's Template

PICK TWO, REJECT ONE (You can't believe all 3)

1. It is God’s redemptive purpose for the world (and therefore His will) to reconcile all sinners to Himself.

2. It is within God’s power to achieve His redemptive purpose for the world.

3. Some sinners will never be reconciled to God, and God will therefore either consign them to a place of eternal punishment, from which there will be no hope of escape, or put them out of existence altogether.

Calvinism Accepts 2 & 3 and Rejects 1

Arminianism Accepts 1 & 3 and Rejects 2

Ultimate Reconciliation Accepts 1 & 2 and Rejects 3

Source: Thomas Talbott, evangelical philosopher