Calling is God's summons to people through his revealed word and gospel, and in some passages God's appointment of particular people to a role or purpose. The meaning of calling must be determined by the passage's audience and context.

Compatibilism is the view that God's exhaustive determination of events and human moral responsibility can coexist without contradiction. In Calvinist compatibilism, a person is free when acting voluntarily according to personal desires, inclinations, and character, even if those desires and actions have been rendered certain by God's sovereign decree.

Corporate election is God's choice of a people or group in Christ, with individuals sharing in that chosen identity and its promises by being united to Christ through faith.