S2E12—Marrow 6: Decree of God — Benjamin, Michael, & Cody continue through The Marrow of Theology, by William Ames, with particular focus upon the decree of God. Raised in this episode:
- The counsel of God.
- Divine perfections in the decree.
- Thomas Cartwright on the question.
- What role does God's glory have in the decree?
- The danger of denying God's decree.
- In what ways does God's decree govern time and history?
- How should we meditate upon this?
- Learning from Stonewall Jackson.
- Middle knowledge and its failure.
- The free offer of the gospel and its relation to the decree.
- Why do some deny the free offer?
- How should this chapter prevent abuses in preaching and evangelism?
- Infralapsarianism vs. supralapsarianism.
- Does Ames take a side?
- What does Dabney say?
- The problem of evil and the decree of God.
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