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 ...

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 ...

If you have ever struggled to wrap your mind around the biblical doctrine of election (predestination), you are not alone. In ...

First slide: Madison Square Garden, 1957. Dad is 16, sitting next to his father, surrounded by a sea of thousands. Billy Graham is at the podium, declaring that God has chosen you, loves you, is ...

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 ...

In Hamlet Shakespeare uses the stage presentation as a metaphor for the situation of every human being who is predestined to act in a certain way while remaining responsible for his acts: the play as ...