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John Piper on Extent of the atonement

B. 1946 · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Definite — for the elect, effectually

THE POSITION

Definite atonement.

WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONOne quotation, on spiritual-warfare, from a freely published Ask Pastor John episode, and copyright is not the reason the rest have none. This map quotes MacArthur, Heiser and Sproul at length, all modern authors in copyright, and the Sproul pass was built on freely published video rather than his books. Piper is in the same position: what is missing for the other ten positions is a primary-source pass, which nobody has run. They are established — well-attested accounts of his views, not checked against his own words — and they stay there until someone does the work.

SCRIPTURE
JOHN 10:11 · BSB

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

8 OTHERS HOLD THIS

Voddie BauchamJonathan EdwardsSecond London Baptist ConfessionJohn MacArthurJohn OwenR.C. SproulWestminster ConfessionGeorge Whitefield
Universal — for all, applied on faithJACOBUS ARMINIUS · ATHANASIUS · CHRYSOSTOM · CHARLES GRANDISON FINNEY · BILLY GRAHAM · LUTHER · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · WESLEY
Sufficient for all, efficient for the electAQUINAS · CALVIN · JOHN DUNS SCOTUS · CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Never framed in these termsAUGUSTINE · JOSH HOWERTON · NICAEA I · ZWINGLI
See all 29 figures on extent of the atonement →

ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Longtime pastor of Bethlehem Baptist, Minneapolis, and founder of Desiring God. Reformed soteriology combined with continuationism and historic premillennialism.

1 OF 11 POSITIONS QUOTED
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"John Piper on Extent of the atonement", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/piper/atonement-extent (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/piper/atonement-extent).

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