Editing Predestination in Calvinism (section)

==Barthian views==

20th century Reformed theologian [[Karl Barth]] reinterpreted the Reformed doctrine of predestination. For Barth, God elects Christ as rejected and chosen man. Individual people are not the subjects of election, but are elected or rejected by virtue of their being in Christ.<ref>{{cite book |last=McKim |first=Donald K. |title=Introducing the Reformed Faith |publisher=[[Westminster John Knox]] |year=2001 |location=Louisville, Kentucky |pages=229{{ndash}}230}}</ref> Interpreters of Barth such as [[Shirley Guthrie]] have called this a "Trinitarian" as opposed to a "speculative" view of predestination. According to Guthrie, God freely loves all people, and his just condemnation of sinners is motivated by love and a desire for reconciliation.<ref>{{cite book |last=McKim |first=Donald K. |title=Introducing the Reformed Faith |publisher=[[Westminster John Knox]] |year=2001 |location=Louisville, Kentucky |pages=47{{ndash}}49}}</ref>