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Book SynopsisThe relationship between divine sovereignty and the human will is a topic of perennial theological dispute and one that is gaining increased attention among contemporary evangelicals.
In Still Sovereign, thirteen scholars write to defend the classical view of God''s sovereignty. According to the editors, 'Ours is a culture in which the tendency is to exalt what is human and diminish what is divine. Even in evangelical circles, we find increasingly attractive a view of God in which God is one of us, as it were, a partner in the unfolding drama of life. . . . In contrast, the vision of God affirmed in these pages is of one who reigns supreme over all, whose purposes are accomplished without fail, and who directs the course of human affairs, including the central drama of saving a people for the honor of his name, all with perfect holiness and matchless grace.'
The fourteen chapters of Still Sovereign (originally part of the two-volume, The Grace of God, the Bondage of t
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Part 1 Biblical Analyses
1. The Sovereignty of God: Case Studies in the Old Testament
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
2. Divine Election in the Gospel of John
Robert W. Yarbrough
3. Divine Election in the Pauline Literature
Donald J. Westblade
4. Does Romans 9 Teach Individual Election unto Salvation
Thomas R. Schreiner
5. Are There Two Wills in God?
John Piper
6. Perseverance of the Saints: A Case Study from the Warning Passages in Hebrews
Wayne Grudem
7. The Meaning of Foreknowledge
S. M. Baugh
Part 2
8. Effectual Calling and Grace
Bruce A. Ware
9. Does Scripture Teach Prevenient Grace in the Weslyan Sense?
Thomas R. Schreiner
10. Reflections on Assurance
D. A. Carson
11. The Love of God: Universal and Particular
J. I. Packer
12. Does Divine Sovereignty Make a Difference in Everyday Life?
Jerry Bridges
13. Prayer and Evangelism under God's Sovereignty
C. Samuel Storms
14. Preaching and the Sovereignty of God
Edmund P. Clowney
