Balm in Gilead (Wheaton Theology Conference Series) by TIMOTHY LARSEN & KEITH L. JOHNSON

Author:TIMOTHY LARSEN & KEITH L. JOHNSON [LARSEN, TIMOTHY & JOHNSON, KEITH L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize, Gilead, Home, Lila, literature, arts, faith, Calvin, Calvinism, wheaton theology conference 2018, Christian author, Christian literature, literature and Christianity, religious literature, gilead marilynne robinson, home marilynne robinson, lila marilynne robinson, reverend john ames, Han-luen Kantzer Komline, timothy George, lauren winner, patricia andujo, Tiffany Eberle Kriner, fox river, joel sheesley, rowan Williams, Vincent bacote, Christina Bieber lake, Philip ryken
ISBN: 9780830872961
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2019-04-01T23:00:00+00:00

From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of objections against the doctrine of God’s sovereignty, in choosing whom He would to eternal life, and rejecting whom he pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well, when I seemed to be convinced, and fully satisfied, as to this sovereignty of God, and his justice in thus eternally disposing of men, according to his sovereign pleasure. But never could give an account, how, or by what means, I was thus convinced; not in the least imagining, in the time of it, nor a long time after, that there was any extraordinary influence of God’s Spirit in it; but only that now I saw further, and my reason apprehended the justice and reasonableness of it. . . . And there has been a wonderful alteration in my mind, with respect to the doctrine of God’s sovereignty, from that day to this. . . . I have often since, not only had a conviction, but a delightful conviction. The doctrine has very often appeared, an exceeding pleasant, bright and sweet doctrine to me: and absolute sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God. But my first conviction was not with this.3

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