The Reformed Doctine of Predestination

by Loriane Boettner

Table of Contents

SECTION 1

II. Statement of the Doctrine	VI. The Foreknowldge of God
III. God Has a Plan	VII. Outline of Systems
IV. The Sovereignty of God	VIII. The Scriptures are the Final Autority By Which Systems are to be Judged
V. The Providence of God	IX. A Warning Against Undue Speculation

SECTION 2
The Five Points of Calvinism

The Five Points of Calvinism	XII. Limited Atonement
X. Total Inability	XIII. Efficacious Grace
XI. Uncontitional Election	XIV. The Perseverance of the Saints

SECTION 3
Objections Commonly Urged Against the Reformed
Doctrine of Predesintation

VX. 1. That It Is Fatalism	XIX. 5. That It Represents God As A Respecter Of Persons Or As Unjustly Partial
XVI. 2. That It Is Inconsistent with the Free Agency and Moral Responsibility of Man	XX. 6. That It Is Unfavorable To Good Morality
XVII. 3. That It Makes God the Author of Sin	XXI. 7. That It Precludes A Sincere Offer of The Gospel To The Non-Elect
XVIII. 4. That It Discourages All Motives to Exertion	XXII. 8. That It Contradicts The Universalistic Scripture Passages

SECTION 4

XXIII. Salvation by Grace	XXV. Predestination In The Physical World
XXIV. Personal Assurance That One is Among The Elect	XXVI. A Comparison With The Mohammedan Doctrine of Predestination

SECTION 5

XXVII. The Practical Importance Of The Doctrine

SECTION 6

XXVIII. Calvinism In History

Appendix

Bibliography

Any one is at liberty to use material from this book with or without credit. In preparing this book the writer has received help from many sources, some acknowledged and many unacknowledged. He believes the material herein set forth to be a true statement of Scripture teaching, and his desire is to further, not to restrict its use.