Four Views on Divine Providence / March 22, 2011
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There are 35 volumes available from this series and are available in the following products:
- A 16-Volume Set (Release 1)
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This book guides students, pastors, and lay learners to consider and evaluate various ways of understanding God’s involvement in the world, especially in relation to views on predestination and the extent of the atonement. Four different scholars present their positions in point-counterpoint style, and the editor’s introduction and conclusion frame the discussion.
Questions about divine providence have preoccupied Christians for generations: Are people elected to salvation? For whom did Jesus die? This book introduces readers to four prevailing views on divine providence, with particular attention to the question of who Jesus died to save (the extent of the atonement) and if or how God determines who will be saved (predestination).
But this book does not merely answer readers’ questions. Four Views on Divine Providence helps readers think theologically about all the issues involved in exploring this doctrine. The point-counterpoint format reveals the assumptions and considerations that drive equally learned and sincere theologians to sharp disagreement. It unearths the genuinely decisive issues beneath an often superficial debate.
Volume contributors are:
- Paul Helseth (God causes every creaturely event that occurs)
- William Lane Craig (through his “middle knowledge,” God controls the course of worldly affairs without predetermining any creatures’ free decisions)
- Ron Highfield (God controls creatures by liberating their decision-making)
- Gregory Boyd (human decisions can be free only if God neither determines nor knows what they will be).
Introductory and closing essays by Dennis Jowers give relevant background and guide readers toward their own informed beliefs about divine providence
The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints series.
Four Views on Divine Providence
• Series: Counterpoints – Bible and Theology
• Series Editor: Stanley N. Gundry
• General Editor: Dennis W. Jowers
• Contributors: Paul Kjoss Helseth, William Lane Craig, Ron Highfield, Gregory A. Boyd
• Publisher: Zondervan (released 3/22/11)
Product Details
- Publish Date: March 22, 2011
- ISBN: 9780310496755
- # of Pages: 272
- Categories: Theology
Where to Find
Four Views on Divine Providence is included with the following packages
Category | Code | Title | Price |
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Theology | Views-16 Counterpoints | 16 volumes of the Zondervan Counterpoints Series (Release #1) | 330.84 |
Theology | Views-16 Counterpoints-sp | 16 Volumes of the Zondervan Counterpoints Series – Special Offer | 285.00 |
Theology | Views-27 Counterpoints-sp | 27 Volumes of the Zondervan Counterpoints Series – Special Offer | 489.99 |
Add-on Bundles | All-in-All 1Q15 | All-in-All Accordance Program (1st Quarter 2015) | 15999.00 |
Add-on Bundles | All-in-All 2Q15 | All-in-All Accordance Program (2nd Quarter 2015) | 16999.00 |
Add-on Bundles | All-in-All 3Q15 | All-in-All Accordance Program (3rd Quarter 2015) | 18699.00 |
Add-on Bundles | All-in-All 4Q15 | All-in-All Accordance Program (4th Quarter 2015) | 19999.00 |
Add-on Bundles | All-in-All 1Q16 | All-in-All Accordance Program (1st Quarter 2016) | 21249.00 |
Add-on Bundles | All-in-All 3Q16 | All-in-All Accordance Program (3rd Quarter 2016) | 23999.00 |
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