Does God choose who is saved? — Both election and free will are simultaneously true

Mike holds that both divine election and genuine human free will are true simultaneously. God says 'whoever will come' — open invitation. Yet those who call will find they were chosen ahead of time. He contrasts this with strict Calvinism: God individually selecting (or by omission rejecting) each person. Mike says he has never really struggled with this tension and accepts that both are true. He connects this to middle knowledge and God's foreknowledge.