Equal Ultimacy Exposed: The Calvinist Problem No One Can Escape
Soteriology 101 w/ Dr. Leighton Flowers
teaching
October 16, 2025
In this clip, Leighton Flowers, Braxton Hunter, and Jonathan Pritchett unpack one of the most controversial doctrines in Calvinism—equal ultimacy. If God decrees everything, can He truly be uninvolved in human sin and unbelief? The discussion dismantles the idea of “active vs. passive decrees,” revealing why both ultimately make God the author of sin.
📖 They explore Romans 9, Jeremiah 18, and the moral implications of divine determinism, exposing the logical tension many Reformed theologians try to avoid.
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Timestamps:
00:00 — The claim that God does these things is the real issue
00:35 — Reformed view: active vs. passive decrees
01:20 — The “lump of clay” and God’s right to reshape it
02:25 — Why not save more if God truly desires all to be saved?
03:56 — The logical problem with “passing them by”
04:20 — Did God decree the fall and human inability?
05:05 — The moral dilemma of divine determinism
06:12 — The domino analogy: active vs. passive causation
07:14 — The “green domino” illustration and divine intervention
07:39 — If God made Cain’s nature sinful, is that different from tying him up?
09:20 — Changing the means doesn’t change God’s motive
09:57 — The unavoidable conclusion: Equal ultimacy exposed
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Scripture
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