My daughter and I had an interesting discussion on unconditional election after church. She has been hearing arguments against this doctrine from other sources, namely the Arminian view of conditional election that although people are sinful, they are able to believe on Jesus Christ by exercising their free wills. My daughter is a firm 5-pointer, but she's probably not going to start any theological fights in the near future. However, we looked at some responses to conditional election. Here is good one from Joel Beeke: [C]onditional election really saves no one. In the end, it destroys men, because it bases salvation, at least in part, upon depraved human beings. Unconditional election, on the other hand, does not destroy men but saves them; it is our friend, not our enemy. It does not keep out of heaven people who otherwise would be there, but it brings to heaven people who otherwise never would be welcome there. The wonder is not that God justly ...