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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184).

Part 1: Is God the Universal Father?; Chapter 1: A Calvinist's Journey From Eternal Torment to Annihilationism -- Chapter 2: The Hater Creator -- Chapter 3: God's Hidden Will -- Chapter 4: A Matter of Principle -- Chapter 5: Reality: What a Concept!; Part 2: Two Gods: Two Sets of Doctrines: Chapter 6: Adam and Eve -- Chapter 7: Sin: Transfused or Imputed? -- Chapter 8: The Penalty for Sin. Part 3: God's Mercy Will Extend to All: Chapter 9: We Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident -- Chapter 10: The Judgment Verses. Part 4: Closing Thoughts on Calvinism and Arminianism: Chapter 11: Calvinist Conundrums -- Chapter 12: Arminianism -- Chapter 13: The Danger of Relying on Mystery

"From eternity past God intended that the most vivid and profound demonstration of his glory would come in the form of His work of salvation on the cross of Christ. God then made man to punish him. He made him perfect and thus unlikely to ever need punishing, or, for that matter, a Savior. By a happy coincidence, and against all the odds, this perfect man sinned, thus allowing God to fulfill His purposes for both the man and Christ. When he sinned, God, who is suddenly confronted with the prospect of being able to fulfill all of His original plans, becomes furious. What you have just read is not a joke. I wish that it were. Rather, I have simply enumerated the points that comprise the Calvinist theological system, or, as I call it: the Happy Coincidence model of sin and salvation. It reflects what can only be described as an Alice-in-Wonderland reality, in which the only sense is nonsense, and logic is the enemy. This book will seek to explore some of its many logical inconsistencies and, in the process, propose a perfectly viable--and biblical--alternative."--Back cover.