From 17th April 2008: The article that was here has been removed as now the book of the above title is in the public realm.
The contents of the article/s are fully available in better form in the book.
A comprehensive response to Calvinism.
Predestination or fate as expressed in reformed theology
- unconditional election or Calvinism - has been a source
of controversy for centuries. Not surprisingly this set of
determinist beliefs has been the cause of division in the
Christian church and in society. It became the foundation
for the belief in apartheid. In this book Jacques More addresses the bible passages
involved to enable the removal of this red herring and
divisive dogma from the midst of Christians:
For 4 centuries conditional predestination was the view
of the early church. Paul’s teaching on conditional predestination in Romans
8 is explained. Answers to the passages used by Calvinists: Romans 9,
Acts 13:48, Ephesians 1, John 6:44, et al. A challenge to bible societies in regards to biased
translations. A discussion of the limits of God’s Knowledge.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
A PERSONAL MESSAGE
1 CAN GOD BE TRUSTED?
2 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF REFORMED THINKING?
3 OUT OF CONTEXT
4 IS FAITH A GIFT OR A CHOICE?
5 SUCH AS SHOULD BE SAVED
6 THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
AND PREDESTINATION
7 DOES FREEWILL EXIST?
8 IS GOD’S WILL ALWAYS DONE?
9 WHO HAS RESISTED GOD’S WILL?
10 UNDERSTANDING ROMANS9
11 ROMANS 8:28 IN CONTEXT
12 THE APOSTLES PAUL AND JUDAS
13 I BELIEVE IN PREDESTINATION
14 EVIL AND GOD’S KNOWLEDGE
15 DOES GOD KNOW EVERYTHING?
16 THE MEANING OF ELECT
17 WHY I BELIEVE UNCONDITIONAL PREDESTINATION IS ERROR
18 WHY GOD HATES GRACE THEOLOGY
19 THE PREDESTINATION CHALLENGE
20 MAKING AN IDOL?
21 JOURNEY INTO LIGHT
22 IN CONCLUSION
AN EPILOGUE – A MESSAGE TO BIBLE SOCIETIES
APPENDIX 1 – PROTHESIS
APPENDIX 2 – EKLEKTOS
LIST OF BIBLE PASSAGES
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