Hyper Calvinism

Contemporary critics of Calvinism often attack the doctrines of grace by erroneously identifying them with “hyper-Calvinism.” Phil Johnson gets it right and by doing so, demonstartes that hyper-calvinisn should never be confused with Calvinism and to do so is  intellectually dis-honest.

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Phil Johnson has a helpful primer on the subject, offering a fivefold definition:

... varieties of hyper-Calvinism, listed here in a declining order, from the worst kind to a less extreme variety (which some might prefer to class as “ultra-high Calvinism”):
A hyper-Calvinist is someone who either:

1. Denies that the gospel call applies to all who hear,
2. OR Denies that faith is the duty of every sinner,
3. OR Denies that the gospel makes any “offer” of Christ, salvation, or mercy to the non-elect (or denies that the offer of divine mercy is free and universal),
4. OR Denies that there is such a thing as “common grace,”
5. OR Denies that God has any sort of love for the non-elect.

All five varieties of hyper-Calvinism undermine evangelism or twist the gospel message.

You can read the whole thing

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2013/02/08/hyper-calvinists-are-not-the-same-as-hyper-calvinists/