Theological Term of the Week: Election
Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 3:30AM
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election

God’s choice in eternity of certain persons “out of the human race, foreseen as fallen, those whom he would redeem, bring to faith, justify, and glorify in and through Jesus Christ”;1 sometimes called unconditional election.

Learn more:

  1. Got Questions: Unconditional election — is it biblical?
  2. J. I. Packer: Election
  3. Challies.com: The Essential: Election
  4. Simply Put: Unconditional Election
  5. R. C. Sproul: TULIP and Reformed Theology: Unconditional Election
  6. Kevin DeYoung: What Is the Difference Between Election and Predestination?

Related terms:

1 Concise Theology by J. I. Packer, page 149.

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