This is from Are There Two Wills in God? Piper opens the piece with this ...
My aim here is to show from Scripture that the simultaneous existence of God's will for "all persons to be saved" (1 Tim. 2:4) and his will to elect unconditionally those who will actually be saved is not a sign of divine schizophrenia or exegetical confusion. A corresponding aim is to show that unconditional election therefore does not contradict biblical expressions of God's compassion for all people, and does not nullify sincere offers of salvation to everyone who is lost among all the peoples of the world.
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People misuse the word schizophrenia all the time. It is not the same as multiple personality disorder (MPD). It basically consists of hallucinations (usually auditory but in some cases visual) and has several subtypes that can differentiate some of the other symptoms. I wish people would get that word right.
Matt - thanks for the clarification ... and I won't ask about the source of the sensitivity.
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