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Watch as John Piper tries to escape the tangled logical web that hopelessly traps every Calvinist! Are you trapped???

No one is claiming that Calvinists don't evangelize or believe in evangelism. That is the straw man version of the question that was given to Piper on a silver platter for an easy victory. We are talking about the logical implications of the system. The heart of the question is: "If God determines everything, why do I need to do anything?" Piper's answer was, "Because God determines everything." But this answer only confirms the concern of the one asking the question. Why do I have to do anything? If God determines the means and if I didn't witness to a particular person, this means God did not determine for me to share the gospel in that moment with that person, because that is what came to pass. If my choice not to witness comes to pass, and God determines all things that come to pass, it logically follows that God determines my choice not to witness. The true objection is to a philosophical framework that teaches there are situations and times when God causally determines for me not to share the gospel, when Scripture teaches us to be a light at all times, not to hide our light under a basket. If Calvinism is true, and what the argument is getting at, is if God determines all things that come to pass, and I don't shine my light today, this is only because God sovereignly and unchangeably determined that my light would not shine today, and I could not have done otherwise. And so, you can't just repeat the premise of the opposing argument as evidence for why the conclusion is false.

Premise 1: God determines all things that come to pass.

Premise 2: My desire (not) to evangelize is a thing that comes to pass.

Conclusion: God determines my desire (not) to evangelize.

Piper's answer was simply Premise 1 restated as evidence for why the conclusion is false. But this only serves to confirm the conclusion. If Scripture teaches us to tell everyone about Jesus, but God didn't determine me to tell (person x) today, that makes Calvinism anti-evangelism (this is the argument) from the perspective of the one who should have evangelized, because God commanded me to shine my light at all times. As for me, during my 18 years as a die-hard Calvinist, this eventually provided a numbing, even therapeutic effect when I failed to share my faith, knowing I could not have done otherwise, knowing I wasn't the means, and God will save His elect.