Tell me Julia… do you ever answer direct questions? I, for one, am definitely NOT a calvinistic reformation believer. I believe in Jesus, His Blood sacrifice, and that I do have many choices. I believe the letter Paul wrote to the church at Rome was mainly towards the Jewish people who were, until that point, the only “chosen ones” and that, as a believer, I’m saved because of the Grace given me by my Faith in Jesus as my savior, and that those who reject Him do so as their own choice, as God desires that ALL should come to knowledge in Him and into Salvation through Him. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how I have longed to gather you under my wings as a hen gathers her chicks, but you would not let me. I’ve let Him gather me in His arms. Chosen? We all are. Accepting? Only some are.