Theological Term of the Week
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 9:18PM
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decretive will
“[T]hat will of God by which He purposes or decrees whatever shall come to pass, whether He wills to accomplish it effectively (causatively), or to permit it to occur through the unrestrained agency of His rational creatures1; the plan of God which contains everything he has determined to bring to pass. Also called sovereign will, secret will, or will of God’s good pleasure.

Learn more:

  1. R. C. Sproul: Comprehending the Decretive Will of God
  2. Sam Storms: Are There Two Wills in God?
  3. James Petigru BoyceThe Will of God
  4. Tim Keller: God’s Secret and Revealed Will (mp3)
  5. S. Lewis Johnson: The Will of God (audio and transcript)

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1From Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof.  

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