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PublisherBaker Books
ISBN-100801011523
ISBN-139780801011528
eBay Product ID (ePID)23069212377
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TopicChristianity / Protestant, Christian Theology / General, Christianity / History, Free Will & Determinism
Book TitleWilling to Believe : Understanding the Role of the Human Will in Salvation
Publication Year1997
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreReligion, Philosophy
AuthorR. C. Sproul
FormatHardcover
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-018314
Grade FromCollege Freshman
Grade ToUP
SynopsisThe author explains total depravity by reviewing this doctrine's development and relating it to the popular idea of free will. Ask a Christian friend if he or she believes in the doctrine of total depravity, that the will of the unsaved is so enslaved by sin that people can't help but sin. Ask if he or she believes our salvation is entirely of God, or if it ultimately depends on something we do for ourselves. Are we really free to accept Christ? If so, don't we deny our utter helplessness in sin? In their introduction to Martin Luther's Bondage of the Will, J. I. Packer and O. R. Johnston say that "to rely on oneself for faith is no different in principle from relying on oneself for works, and the one is as un-Christian and anti-Christian as the other." Most evangelicals unhesitatingly agree that man is fallen, but few embrace the Reformation doctrine of total depravity. They are only too willing to believe that the will remains largely unaffected by the fall. R. C. Sproul explains that the evangelical church has embraced instead the doctrine of free will, and that this has caused innumerable problems, abuses, and heresies. This affects our worship, evangelism, Christian education, and every other aspect of church life. Willing to Believe, like Sproul's Faith Alone, is a major book on an essential evangelical tenet, Are we born with free will, as many evangelicals assume? The author explains original sin by reviewing this doctrine's development since the days of Augustine.
LC Classification NumberBT810.2.S694 1997
