Evaluation:
Published: 15.10.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Predestination versus Free Living and Will', 1.
Extract

The question is: How is our being determined? Whether or not any specific individual is among the select? Is this determined by an unconditional, unchangeable order of God? Or does God offer salvation to all men, and then give each individual the power to choose for himself whether to accept or reject that offer? Calvinism says that the decision whether or not a particular individual will be saved is entirely up to God, and man cannot influence that decision. Although there is strong evidence stating other wise. …

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