Are Calvinists the frozen chosen? Do the Doctrines of Grace create proud, belligerent snobs? If you’ve spent any time in online theology groups, you’re likely to answer in the affirmative. Keyboard warriors bickering about things like election and total depravity can be quite off-putting, I’m sure. Unfortunately, the way a person studies the Word of God is not always reflected in the way he treats other people, online or in real life. Calvinists, of course, do not have a monopoly on this shortcoming. In 1 Corinthians 8:1 Paul tells us that knowledge puffs up–it inflates the ego. Regardless of what one believes, intellectual endeavors have the potential to produce pride and tactlessness. This is nothing new, of course. Bad blood has been a feature of theological debates as long as theological debates have been had. This can be true, regardless of how knowledgeable one truly is. Mastering a particular system of theology, es...