Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction 15
1. What Is Divine Election, and Why Is It So Controversial? 19
2. The Arminian Concept of Election 25
3. The Calvinistic Concept of Election 39
4. Freedom of the Will (?) 53
5. Faith and Repentance: Gifts of God or the Fruit of Free Will? 69
6. Amazing Grace 77
7. Unconditional Election (1): The Gospels and Acts 87
8. Unconditional Election (2): The Epistles and Revelation 101
9. Unconditional Election (3): Romans 9:1-13 115
10. Unconditional Election (4): Romans 9:14-23 (1) 125
11. Unconditional Election (5): Romans 9:14-23 (2) 137
12. The Order of Salvation 145
13. Crucial Questions Concerning Election (1) 159
14. Crucial Questions Concerning Election (2) 169
15. A Defense of a Defense of Divine Election 179
Conclusion 193
Appendix A: Three Problem Passages 195
Appendix B: Who Can and Who Cannot Pray for God to Save the Lost? 201
Appendix C: The Divine Decrees 213
General Index 221
Scripture Index 227
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