Predestined or Your Choice? Navigating God’s Will and Your Decisions

Description

This seminar will focus on the biblical relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. Through key passages such as Ephesians 1, John 6, and Romans 9, we will explore whether God's control over all things leaves room for genuine human freedom and moral accountability. We will also evaluate objections and alternative interpretations, seeking to build a biblically faithful and pastorally wise synthesis..

Course Objectives

• * Strengthen students’ understanding of how to interpret Scripture on complex theological topics
• * Equip students to articulate and defend a compatibilist view of God's sovereignty and human responsibility
• * Encourage humble engagement with differing perspectives in the Christian tradition
• * Deepen awe of God’s wisdom and grace in salvation

Required Texts and Materials

• Basinger, David, and Randall Basinger, eds. Predestination and Free Will: Four Views of Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1986.

Course Evaluation

NA

Language

English