God’s Omnipresence and Sovereignty in Creation and Salvation

God is omnipresent, an attribute that converges with his sovereignty over creation and salvation. In the following article, the analogy of a carpenter making a chair is used to explain how different theological traditions—Semi-Pelagianism, Arminianism, and Calvinism—understand the relationship between God’s role and human responsibility in salvation, arguing that while each tradition captures some essence of truth, how God’s omnipresence and timeless sovereignty hold all things—creation, history, and salvation—within himself and without contradiction. The aim of the article is not to settle any disagreements between classical soteriological perspectives, but to inspire deeper thinking on the matter.