No Place for Sovereignty What's Wrong with Freewill Theism

Name: No Place for Sovereignty What's Wrong with Freewill Theism
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ISBN: 9780830818815

ISBN-10: 0830818812

ISBN-13: 9780830818815

Edition: 1996

Authors: R. K. McGregor Wright

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In recent years an increasing number of evangelical thinkers have called for a reevaluation of our understanding of God, making a case for what has variously been called "freewill theism" or the "open view" of God. R. K. McGregor Wright sees their efforts not as something radically new, but a contemporary reaffirmation of Arminianism.Concerned that evangelicals may soon find no place for sovereignty in their thinking, Wright sets out to show what's wrong--biblically, theologically and philosophically--with freewill theory in its ancient form. Along the way, he provides a short course in historical theology, making a fresh, powerful case for the Reformed emphasis on God's sovereign grace.…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 8/19/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 249
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Wright holds a Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a Ph.D. from Denver University/Iliff School of Theology. With his wife, Julia Castle, he codirects the Aquila and Priscilla Study Center, a Bible and apologetics teaching ministry in East Tennessee.



Foreword from the Mission Front


Acknowledgments


Introduction



An Ancient & Continuing Controversy



The Incoherence of the Freewill Theory



What Makes Us Human? Humanism & Christianity



Apostate Autonominsm: The Fall & the Autonomist Theoria



Salvation as God's Choice to Save: All is of Grace



Depravity & Election: Spiritual Incompetence & Divine Sovereignty



Grace & Perseverance: Salvation & Its Security



An Effective Atonement



Are There Any "Arminian" Verses in the Bible?



The Problem of Evil: The Final Stronghold of Unbelief?



The Location of Ultimacy & the Attributes of God: A Current Debate


Glossary of Names & Terms


Select Bibliography of Sources


Index