Free Will Revisited
A Respectful Response to Luther, Calvin, and Edwards
Published on 31. May 2017
Book
Hardback
150 pages
978-1-4982-4404-6 (ISBN)
Description
Whether man has free will continues to be a hot topic among Bible teachers and theologians. After defining the issues involved, from both a worldview and a biblical standpoint, this work devotes three chapters to exploring the single-volume treatments against free will by the great theologians Luther, Calvin, and Edwards. The author then responds to the major issues involved in their objections to free will: foreknowledge and necessity, human depravity and the grace of God, the sovereignty and all-encompassing providence of God, and Edwards's rationalistic argument. In each instance, the doctrine of free will, rightly understood, is in full and biblical accord with these concerns. A concluding chapter summarizes and expresses the bottom-line differences in the doctrine of salvation between the Arminian and the Calvinistic wings of reformed theology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4982-4404-6 (9781498244046)
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05/2017
Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Robert E. Picirilli received his B.A. from Free Will Baptist Bible College in 1953. Graduate studies were completed at Bob Jones University where he received his M.A. in theology in 1955 and the Ph.D. in New Testament text in 1963. He was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Bob Jones University in 1967. Dr. Picirilli's teaching career has been at Free Will Baptist Bible College since 1955. He taught New Testament Greek and interpretation at Free Will Baptist Bible College for 47 years. He has served as Professor, Registrar, and Academic Dean on the undergraduate level and served as Professor and Academic Dean for the graduate program at his alma mater. Dr. Picirilli is Professor Emeritus at Free Will Baptist Bible College, having retired from active service in 2002. Dr. Picirilli has had considerable experience in writing. His published works include Book of Galatians; Romans, and more recently Paul the Apostle; Grace, Faith, Free Will, Contrasting Views of Salvation: Calvinism and Arminianism. He has not only served as General Editor for The Randall House Bible Commentary, but has also authored several of the commentaries on 1 and 2 Peter, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Philippians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, and Mark. Dr. Picirillil has been active in the Evangelical Theological Society where he has presented papers and held all of the offices in the Southeastern Section. He is a frequent contributor to denominational publications and professional theological journals. He brings his varied experiences as a professor, pastor, author, moderator, and denominational executive to bear in fulfilling the role of General Editor of the Randall House Bible Commentary.