On the face of it, it does not seem difficult to state the contradictions that beset a doctrine of predestination. An absolute sense that God determines the outcome of our lives cuts the nerve of ...

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When I talk to newcomers to Christianity, they often have a hang-up which is rather funny when you think about it. Many struggle with the doctrine of predestination — specifically, the Calvinistic ...

When people hear the words "God" and "election" in the same sentence, they usually brace for a heated discussion on the doctrine of predestination and the implications of what various theologians ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Set in the context of the Cambridge debates on grace and predestination in the 1590s, and of the wider controversy in the Reformed and Roman ...

I find it astonishing that anyone who knows God would subscribe to a doctrine of predestination. But this is precisely what Paul does in his ep-istles. He maintains God predestines some people to ...

So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. —Romans II: 5-6 (Revised ...

How did liberal democracy arise from illiberal soil? In other words, how did Europe in the 16th century, when religious adherence was enforced and heretics were persecuted, produce a world in which ...