Determined to Believe?
The Sovereignty of God, Freedom, Faith, and Human Responsibility
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William Crockett
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John C. Lennox
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Determined to Believe is written for those who are interested in or even troubled by questions about God's sovereignty and human freedom and responsibility. John Lennox writes in the spirit of helping people to get to grips with the biblical treatment of this issue for themselves. In this comprehensive review of the topic of theological determinism, Lennox seeks firstly to define the problem, looking at the concepts of freedom, the different kinds of determinism, and the moral problems these pose. He then equips the reader with biblical teaching on the topic and explores the spectrum of theological opinion on it. Following this Lennox delves deeper into the Gospels and then investigates what we can learn regarding determinism and responsibility from Paul's discussion in Romans on God's dealings with Israel. Finally Lennox tackles the issue of Christian assurance.
This nuanced and detailed study challenges some of the widely held assumptions in the area of theological determinism and brings a fresh perspective to the debate.
©2017 John Lennox (P)2018 Monarch BooksWhat listeners say about Determined to Believe?
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- Anonymous User
- 30-01-2024
A convincing defence of libertarian free will
The logic is firmly grounded in the scriptures. The flow of thought is easy to follow.
The final chapters have prompted me to reevaluate my position on the perseverance (preservation) of the saints.
The narrator was clear and generally easy on the ear. My only gripe is the very obvious and persistent /t/-elision, such as "impor'ant" and "enligh'ened". But, that's just an issue of accent.
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- Marcus Anderson
- 20-04-2019
Lennox clearly wants that we buy this in print.
The bizzare yet lackluster reading of this made me want to "ekscape" from it's "monotonay"
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- David Graieg
- 18-01-2021
A few issues
The mispronunciation of the word "causal" as "casual" is a serious narration error. Since causal determinism becomes casual determinism.
Lennox defines libertarian free will as the principle of alternate possibilities and does not explore other understandings of LFW (see the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for a discussion of the subject).
This book still has lots to offer but has some shortcomings.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-07-2018
Narration
Unfortunately the narration made this book difficult to understand. Many words were mispronounced, the most notable being causal repeatedly pronounced as casual. Mispronunciation and placing emphasis on the wrong words gave the impression that the narrator did not understand what he was reading.
Overall a great book though. Very challenging. Probably just needed to be read by someone else.
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- Bead
- 30-03-2020
Enjoyed it but...
Great book! Loved the content.
One fairly trivial thing I didn’t enjoy was the narrator shortening just about every word ending in ‘ing’ to ‘in’. When you’re listening to deep content and ideas by John Lennox and the narrator reads ‘thinking’ as ‘thinkin’ or ‘starting’ as ‘startin’ it throws you off a bit.
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