On the face of it, it does not seem difficult to state the contradictions that beset a doctrine of predestination. An absolute sense that God determines the outcome of our lives cuts the nerve of ...

First slide: Madison Square Garden, 1957. Dad is 16, sitting next to his father, surrounded by a sea of thousands. Billy Graham is at the podium, declaring that God has chosen you, loves you, is ...

When I talk to newcomers to Christianity, they often have a hang-up which is rather funny when you think about it. Many struggle with the doctrine of predestination — specifically, the Calvinistic ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper, by using several polemical plays written by Calvinist authors in the middle decades of the sixteenth century, seeks to examine how ...

The Puṣṭipravāhamaryādābheda (PPM) by Vallabhācārya (1479-1531?) is a brief work (25 verses) written in Sanskrit in about the year 1500, which is accompanied ...