THE REFORMED DOCTRINE

OF PREDESTINATION

Loraine Boettner
 

1. Introduction

SECTION I

2. Statement of the Doctrine

3. God Has a Plan

4. The Sovereignty of God

5. The Providence of God

6. The Foreknowledge of God

7. Outline of Systems

8. The Scriptures are the Final Authority By Which Systems are to be Judged

9. A Warning Against Undue Speculation

SECTION II

The Five Points of Calvinism

10. Total Inability

11. Unconditional Election

12. Limited Atonement

13. Efficacious Grace

14. The Perseverance of the Saints

SECTION III

Objections Commonly Urged Against the Reformed Doctrine of Predestination

15. 1. That It Is Fatalism

16. 2. That It Is Inconsistent With the Free Agency And Moral Responsibility of Man

17. 3. That It Makes God the Author of Sin

18. 4. That It Discourages All Motives To Exertion

19. 5. That It Represents God As A Respecter Of Persons, Or as Unjustly Partial

20. 6. That It Is Unfavorable to Good Morality

21. 7. That it Precludes A Sincere Offer of The Gospel To the Non-Elect

22. 8. That It Contradicts The Universalistic Scripture Passages

SECTION IV

23. Salvation By Grace

24. Personal Assurance That One is Among The Elect

25. Predestination In The Physical World

26. A Comparison With The Mohammeden Doctrine of Predestination

SECTION V

27. The Practical Importance Of The Doctrine

SECTION VI

28. Calvinism In History Appendix Index of Subjects Index of Authors Bibliography

    1. Before the Reformation.

    2. The Reformation.

    3. Calvinism in England.

    4. Calvinism in Scotland.

    5. Calvinism in France.

    6. Calvinism in Holland.

    7. Calvinism in America.

    8. Calvinism and Representative Government.

    9. Calvinism and Education.

    10. John Calvin.

    11. Conclusion.