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Loraine Boettner

God's Foreknowledge

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  • Loraine Boettner

Loraine Boettner offers a philosophical argument against the Arminian view of the foreknowledge of God.

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Salvation by Grace

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  • Loraine Boettner

The author sets out to describe what is meant by the expression "salvation by grace." It captures man's position in the misery of his sinfulness, God's choice to save man, and thus how salvation is not something that anyone can earn by merit but is a display of the grace of God.

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Efficacious Grace

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  • Loraine Boettner

This article discusses the teaching of efficacious grace as embraced by Calvinists. The article focuses on the inward change that is necessarily worked supernaturally, the effect produced in the soul, and the sufficiency of Christ's work on behalf of those for whom he suffered.

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What Is the Gospel?

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  • Loraine Boettner

The author believes that the future of Christianity is in the theology of Calvinism. He goes on to emphasize the basic tenets of Calvinism such as the sovereignty of God, total depravity, the atonement of Christ, the foreknowledge of God and the so-called universalistic passages.

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Perseverance of the Saints

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  • Loraine Boettner

This article relates the teaching of the perseverance of the saints to another Calvinistic doctrine, the doctrine of election. It explains further this relation, noting the role of man and the role of God in the process of perseverance, the possibility of backsliding, the danger of relying on external conduct as a sign of election, and the insecure ground of belief on which Arminianism stands.

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Objections to Predestination Answered

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  • Loraine Boettner

The article compares the differences between predestination and fatalism. The teachings of predestination are spelled out clearly and reference made to such theologians as Calvin and Luther. On the other hand, fatalism is traced to philosophical circles such as the Stoics.

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Limited Atonement

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  • Loraine Boettner

Did Christ offer himself up as a sacrifice for all people, or only for a limited number? The author replies that the atonement of Christ was sufficient to save the whole human race, but was efficient to save only the elect. The Arminians, however, argue that the atonement has made it possible for all men to cooperate with the divine grace, and thus come to salvation if they will believe.

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Total Depravity

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  • Loraine Boettner

The doctrine of total depravity teaches the extent and effects of original sin in man. However, it also aims at making man realize the sovereignty of God's grace in salvation. This is what the article explains.

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The harmony that exists between the various doctrines of the Christian faith is such that error in regard to any one of them produces more or less distortion in all of the others. Loraine Boettner
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Regeneration as gift

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As a bird with a broken wing is “free” to fly but not able, so the natural man is free to come to God but not able. Loraine Boettner
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Although the sovereignty of God is universal and absolute, it is not the sovereignty of blind power. It is coupled with infinite wisdom, holiness and love. Loraine Boettner
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Election and reprobation proceed on different grounds: one the grace of God, the other the sin of man. Loraine Boettner
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The fear of God is the soul of godliness. John Murray
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