Willing to Believe
Understanding the Role of the Human Will in Salvation
Baker Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 2, 2018
What does an individual contribute to his or her own salvation?
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- Who it’s for
- Sproul examines where human willing ends and divine action in salvation begins.
- Genres
- Soteriology, Free Will & Fate, The Holy Spirit
- Published
- Baker Publishing Group, January 2, 2018
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What does an individual contribute to his or her own salvation? Does God wait on the doorsteps of our hearts, quietly hoping to be let in when we decide to open the door? Or does he call us and pursue us in a way we can't resist? The debate between the irresistible call of God and a human being's free will has raged for centuries. So what is the answer? And why does it matter?
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In Willing to Believe , R. C. Sproul uncovers issues that provoked the Reformation and revived the controversy between Pelagius and Augustine. He carefully explores the relationship between original sin and human free will, clarifies misconceptions about the work of God in a believer's liberation from sin, illuminates the work of the Holy Spirit in salvation, and offers compelling reasons to believe the work of salvation is in God's hands. Read more
Who Saves
Sproul examines where human willing ends and divine action in salvation begins.
Come here for
- A careful look at free will, original sin, and salvation
- Reformation-era debates with present theological stakes
Expect
- Clarification of the Holy Spirit’s work in salvation
- A theological argument grounded in debates from Augustine to the Reformation
Where it sits
| Soteriology | 97% |
|---|---|
| Free Will & Fate | 51% |
| The Holy Spirit | 45% |
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Publisher categories
- Free Will & Fate
- Christian History
- Christian Theology
- Authors
- R. C. Sproul
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Published
- January 2, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Free Will & Fate