The issue of Olson’s argument towards Calvinism is that its key points interrupt God’s character. Using the famous acronym TULIP, Olson finds the middle three doctrines: unconditional election, limited atonement, and irresistible grace; particularly troubling. Olson is more comfortable with total depravity, in the sense that sin has corrupted all areas of human life, and seems to accept perseverance of the saints, without question; however, Olson finds it irrational to insist that God is love and yet to believe that He offers salvation only to the elect. To Olson, saying that God is not perfect would make about as much sense as saying that a loving God offered His Son only for those predestined for salvation. I don’t think that most Calvinists
