The Reformed Doctrine of

Predestination

by
Loraine Boettner

Introduction Statement of The Doctrine God Has A Plan The Sovereignty of God The Providence of God The Foreknowledge of God Outline of Systems The Scriptures are The Final Authority By Which Systems are to be Judged A Warning Against Undue Speculation The Five Points of Calvinism Chart: "Calvinism v Arminianism" Total Inability Unconditional Election Limited Atonement Efficacious Grace The Perseverance Of The Saints

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Objections - -
That It Is Fatalism That It Is Inconsistent With the Free Agency And Moral Responsibility of Man That It Makes God the Author of Sin That It Discourages All Motives To Exertion That It Represents God As A Respecter of Persons, Or As Unjustly Partial That It Is Unfavorable To Good Morality That It Precludes A Sincere Offer of The Gospel To The Non-Elect That It Contradicts The Universalistic Scripture Passages

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Salvation By Grace Personal Assurance That One Is Among The Elect Predestination In The Physical World A Comparison With The Mohammedan Doctrine of Predestination The Practical Importance of The Doctrine Calvinism in History

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