The Reformed Doctrine Of Predestination

by

Loraine Boettner D.D.

Introduction

Statement of The Doctrine

God Has A Plan

The Sovereignty of God

The Providence of God

The Foreknowledge of God

Outline of Systems

The Scriptures are The Final Authority By Which Systems are to be Judged

A Warning Against Undue Speculation

The Five Points of Calvinism

Chart: "Calvinism v Arminianism"

Total Inability

Unconditional Election

Limited Atonement

Efficacious Grace

The Perseverance Of The Saints

That It Is Fatalism

That It Is Inconsistent With the Free Agency And Moral Responsibility of Man

That It Makes God the Author of Sin

That It Discourages All Motives To Exertion

That It Represents God As A Respecter of Persons, Or As Unjustly Partial

That It Is Unfavorable To Good Morality

That It Precludes A Sincere Offer of The Gospel To The Non-Elect

That It Contradicts The Universalistic Scripture Passages

Salvation By Grace

Personal Assurance That One Is Among The Elect

Predestination In The Physical World

A Comparison With The Mohammedan Doctrine of Predestination

The Practical Importance of The Doctrine

Calvinism in History