Predestined to Believe
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Predestined to Believe

Common Objections to the Reformed Faith Answered, Second Edition

  1. 136 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Predestined to Believe

Common Objections to the Reformed Faith Answered, Second Edition

About this book

If the Bible teaches that the Lord is sovereign over all and that mankind is naturally hostile towards God, then it stands to reason that we would never choose the Lord apart from the Holy Spirit working within us to change our hearts. Proceeding from this logical starting point of God's sovereignty and man's depravity, it necessarily follows that God must save His people from their sins, those that are otherwise helpless and in a desperate state. No theological system like Reformed theology allows one to remain consistent when carrying out one's beliefs to the ultimate conclusions as the doctrines of God's sovereignty and grace do. Murrell examines common arguments against Calvinism and demonstrates how they are oftentimes the result of misunderstandings, faulty reasoning, or poor scriptural exegesis. God's sovereignty is not so much a barrier to Calvinism as it is a powerful support for it.

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Information

Publisher
Resource Publications
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781621891758
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Predestined to Believe
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Note to the Reader
  4. Chapter 2: The Doctrines of Grace Defined
  5. Chapter 3: The God-Breathed Scriptures
  6. Chapter 4: The Importance of God’s Sovereignty
  7. Chapter 5: Isn’t Calvinism a Man-Made System?
  8. Chapter 6: Why Should We Study a Topic that Divides Christians?
  9. Chapter 7: John Calvin Murdered His Theological Enemies
  10. Chapter 8: The Doctrines of Grace Are Not Historical
  11. Chapter 9: Predestination Violates Man’s Free Will
  12. Chapter 10: The Bible Does Not Teach the Doctrine of Man’s Total Depravity
  13. Chapter 11: How Can God Find Fault with the Unsaved if He Preordained Everything?
  14. Chapter 12: Predestination Discourages Good Morality
  15. Chapter 13: Predestination Produces a Spirit of Elitism
  16. Chapter 14: God’s Election Is Based on His Foreknowledge of Those Who Would Choose Him
  17. Chapter 15: Calvinism Implies that God Created Evil
  18. Chapter 16: Is Predestination the Same as Fatalism?
  19. Chapter 17: Predestination Precludes Any Incentive for Evangelism
  20. Chapter 18: Why Should Anyone Bother with Prayer?
  21. Chapter 19: Predestination Precludes a Sincere Offer of the Gospel
  22. Chapter 20: God Shows Favoritism in Election
  23. Chapter 21: Election Makes God Unfair
  24. Chapter 22: God Loves Everyone Equally without Discrimination
  25. Chapter 23: Christians Can Lose Their Salvation
  26. Chapter 24: The Bible Clearly Teaches that Jesus Died for Everybody
  27. Chapter 25: Calvinism Denies God’s Freedom
  28. Chapter 26: Is God’s Sadness in Genesis Six Proof that He Did Not Ordain Everything?
  29. Chapter 27: Predestination Contradicts Universalistic Passages in the Bible
  30. Chapter 28: Conclusion
  31. Bibliography