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| Preface | |
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| Plotting the Course and Gathering the Supplies | |
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| Plotting the Course | |
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| Gathering the Supplies | |
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| Evaluative Criteria | |
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| Major Themes | |
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| The Voyage Begins ... | |
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| Charting the Waters of Calvinism | |
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| Representatives of the Calvinistic Model | |
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| Augustine | |
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| Between Augustine and Calvin | |
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| Calvin | |
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| After Calvin | |
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| Evaluating the Calvinistic Model | |
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| The Problem of Human Responsibility | |
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| The Problem of Divine Justice | |
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| The Problem of Divine Responsibility | |
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| The Problem of Divine-Human Interpersonal Relationships | |
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| Divine Atemporality, Immutability and Personhood | |
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| The Problem of Evil | |
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| Preliminary Conclusion | |
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| Charting the Waters of Arminianism | |
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| Representatives of the Arminian Model | |
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| Patristic Writers | |
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| Semi-Pelagians and Medieval Catholic Theology | |
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| James Arminius | |
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| John Wesley | |
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| Contemporary Arminians | |
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| Evaluating the Arminian Model | |
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| Incompatibility with Divine Sovereignty | |
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| Proneness Toward Works-Righteousness | |
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| The Problem of Indeterministic Freedom | |
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| Divine Atemporality, Immutability and Personhood | |
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| The Incompatibility of Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge | |
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| The Utility of Foreknowledge for Providential Care | |
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| Preliminary Conclusion | |
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| Charting the Waters of Open Theism | |
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| Basic Themes of Open Theism | |
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| Rejection of Divine Foreknowledge | |
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| Rejection of the Static Model of God | |
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| The Divine Nature and Knowledge | |
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| The Divine Rulership and Salvation | |
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| Simple Foreknowledge and Providence | |
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| Evaluating Open Theism | |
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| Sovereignty, Works-Righteousness and Freedom | |
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| Freedom and Interpersonal Relations | |
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| Divine Foreknowledge and the Bible | |
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| Divine Foreknowledge and Providential Control | |
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| Divine Risk and Trustworthiness | |
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| Preliminary Conclusion | |
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| Navigating the Storm I: Steering Toward the Biblical Lighthouse | |
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| Divine Causality | |
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| Arminian/Open Theistic Passages | |
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| Calvinistic Passages | |
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| Strategies for Evaluating the Biblical Data | |
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| An Arminian Interpretation | |
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| Appeal to Progressive Revelation | |
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| Prevenient Grace | |
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| A Traditional Arminian Defense | |
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| Alternative Arminian Defenses of Prevenient Grace | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Navigating the Storm II: Sailing with the Winds of Logic | |
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| A Conditioned God? | |
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| A Timeless, Immutable, Personal and Interpersonal God? | |
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| The Coherence of Divine Timelessness | |
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| Timelessness and a Personal and Interpersonal God | |
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| Foreknowledge and Freedom | |
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| Providential Control and Foreknowledge | |
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| Middle Knowledge | |
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| The Conditional Will-Actual Foreknowledge Model | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Caring for the Crew | |
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| The Voyage Thus Far | |
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| Petitionary Prayer | |
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| The Problem of Evil | |
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| Evangelism | |
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| Divine Guidance | |
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| Divine Guidance and Calvinism | |
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| Arminianism and Divine Knowledge of the Best Life-Course | |
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| Simple Foreknowledge and Specific Advice | |
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| Arminianism and General Divine Guidance | |
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| Possible Problems | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Epilogue: Safe at Port? | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |