Reading on Predestination

Today we considered Romans 8:28-30, which opens the theological Pandora's Box called predestination. Discussion of this topic raises all kinds of questions... and the fact is, most of them have already been discussed by John Calvin, in Book 3, chapter 23, of his major work Institutes of the Christian Religion. As I said this morning, one of my ulterior motives is to exonerate Calvin from some of the injustices that have been done to him by obnoxious, prideful theological neat-niks who claim Calvin's name without emulating his missionary heart. Do yourself the favor of reading his words for yourself... I daresay it will be a worshipful experience that points you to Jesus.

Below are two other books which may help in working through this aspect of your theology: