[xzins]

I am glad to hear this from John MacArthur. I think he pretty well holds his ground on God's sovereignty, too, keeping him true to his calvinistic roots.

I'm deeply concerned about a growing trend I've noticed-particularly among people committed to the biblical truth of God's sovereignty and divine election. Some of them flatly deny that God in any sense loves those whom He has not chosen for salvation.

I am troubled by the tendency of some-often young people newly infatuated with Reformed doctrine-who insist that God cannot possibly love those who never repent and believe. I encounter that view, it seems, with increasing frequency.

God can love the "world," save the believers, and judge the unbelievers.

[nobdysfool]

There are many aspects of God's Love toward His Creation. I think MacArthur strikes an important balance between the over-emphasis of God's Love above all His other attributes, and the tendency of some to limit that Love in ways that are clearly not in keeping with scripture. Both extremes are equally guilty of mis-stating God's Love and Wrath. It is unfortunate that some see this only as a way to take another pot-shot at those who embrace Reformed doctrines.