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Relational View of Divine Sovereignty

See Roger Olson's excellent account of the relational view of divine sovereignty:

 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2013/04/a-non-calivinist-relational-view-of-gods-sovereignty/

Olson, an Arminian theologian from Baylor University, is one of the most sensible evangelical theologians of our time. His theology, which he describes as Arminian, relational, and narratival, is the best antidote to the influential teachings of contemporary popularizers of Calvinism in the U.S. (such as John Piper and R.C. Sproul).

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