How does the Calvinist concept of predestination make sense of the cross? If God has predetermined the elect for salvation —through God-given irresistible grace — and determined the reprobate, those predetermined for damnation, it seems to me Jesus’ story does not make a lot of sense.

What’s the point of the cross? 

Moreover, it makes no sense of Israel’s story nor the missional attitude of the NT. 

The ad hoc arguments like “must be for the glory of God” or “God’s ways are not our ways” are deeply unsatisfying.

Do other Christians accept the Calvinist view of predestination?



