The school of evangelical thought developed by John Calvin which is characterized by the following concepts: God has already decided (predestined) who will be saved and who will be lost and there is nothing we can do to change that; a Christian is filled by the Holy Spirit when born again instead of in a separate act of sanctification; all Christians sin daily in word, thought, and deed, and must ask for daily forgiveness; if a born-again believer returns to a life of sin, that person will not go to Hell if death or the rapture comes before repentance: he/she is eternally secure. Major denominations: the various branches of the Baptist Church.