Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
by J. I. Packer
If God is sovereign, why evangelise? Packer's short answer: antinomy, both truths held, and sovereignty as the ground of confidence rather than passivity. A model of how to hold a tension without resolving it falsely.
Read it if…
you are stuck on the sovereignty-and-responsibility question.
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Skip it if…
you are not; it is narrow.
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Three things you will actually use
- Hold both; do not collapse either.
- Sovereignty grounds hope in evangelism.
- Antinomy is not contradiction.
Do this first
Read the chapter on antinomy.
Our verdict
Holding a tension honestly.
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