There is a group that agrees with most of the points of Calvinism, however they do not agree with the extent of the atonement, which reformed people agree with. I am planning informing you what they believe.
First they agree with all 4 other points of the Doctrines of grace.
Second they hold that although God's salvation is only bought by His Election and His Irresistable grace toward the dead sinner, Christ death is effected for those whom it is intended to save, but sufficient for the whole world.
The question is what does that mean?
It means that the death of Christ was not intended to be limited at all, but instead it was never suppose to be set to a particular value.
My response to this is if one reasons that the reason for the Cross - which is to show God's glory,
and if one also reasons that God also Elects people unconditionally before the foundations of the world and then sees that the Grace of God is effaciously irresistable, then it should show already that the Cross was limited. For why would God die for the sins of the people he was not going to propitiate His wrath towards in the first place?
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