Foreword | p. xiii |
Preface to the Second Edition | p. xvii |
Preface to the First Edition | p. xxi |
The Five Points Defined: Their Origin and Contents | |
Points of Contention | p. 1 |
The Protest of the Arminian Party | |
The Five Points of Arminianism | |
The Philosophical Basis of Arminianism | |
A Five-Point Response to Arminianism | |
Calvinism and Arminianism Compared | p. 5 |
The Historical Roots of Each System | p. 8 |
The Controversy Between Pelagius and Augustine | |
Semi-Pelagianism, the Forerunner of Arminianism | |
Calvinism, the Theology of the Reformation | |
The Difference Between Calvinism and Arminianism | p. 13 |
The One Point of Calvinism | p. 14 |
The Five Points Defended: Their Biblical Support | |
Total Depravity or Total Inability | p. 18 |
Spiritual Deadness | |
Darkened Minds and Corrupt Hearts | |
Bondage to Sin and Satan | |
A Universal Bondage | |
Inability to Change | |
Unconditional Election | p. 27 |
A Chosen People | |
Election Not Based on Foreseen Responses | |
Election Precedes Salvation | |
Sovereign Mercy | |
Sovereignty over All Things | |
Particular Redemption or Limited Atonement | p. 39 |
Jesus Actually Saves | |
Jesus Fulfills the Eternal Covenant | |
How Jesus Died for "All" and Yet for a Particular People | |
The Efficacious Call of the Spirit or Irresistible Grace | p. 52 |
The Spirit Saves | |
The Spirit Gives New Birth | |
The Spirit Reveals the Secrets of God | |
The Spirit Gives Faith and Repentance | |
The Spirit Effectually Calls | |
Salvation, Given by a Sovereign God | |
The Perseverance of the Saints or the Security of Believers | p. 64 |
The Five Points Documented: Recommended Reading | |
Works Broadly on Calvinism and God's Sovereignty | p. 78 |
Books Dealing in Whole or in Part with Calvinism or Divine Sovereignty | |
Articles in Reference Works, Systematic Theologies, Etc. | |
Information Concerning Creeds and Confessions | |
Books on the Five Points Individually | p. 121 |
Human Inability and the Freedom of the Will | |
Election and Predestination | |
The Nature and Extent of the Atonement | |
Efficacious Grace | |
The Perseverance of the Saints | |
Afterword | p. 139 |
Appendices | |
A Kinder, Gentler Calvinism | p. 141 |
Perseverance and Preservation | p. 147 |
The Meaning of "Foreknew" in Romans 8:29 | p. 157 |
A Defense of Calvinism | p. 169 |
The Practical Applications of Calvinism | p. 187 |
The Practical Importance of the Doctrine [of Predestination] | p. 199 |
Calvinism and Arminianism Before and After: A Brief Historical Sketch | p. 205 |
The Cambridge Declaration of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals | p. 231 |
Index of Scriptures Quoted | p. 239 |
Index of Persons | p. 243 |
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