What About Free Will?
by Scott Christensen | Book Summary
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Author: Scott Christensen
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God's absolute sovereignty is compatible with human freedom and responsibility. Ultimately, libertarian free will, the power of contrary choice, fails at a number of points. A better explanation is compatibilist free will. In the compatibilist explanation of human freedom, mankind is free when a person acts voluntarily in accordance with what they most want to do. This allows for a dual explanation, both divine and human, for very human action. God ordains all that man freely does. |
Scott Christensen worked for many years at the architectural firm of CCY Architects in Aspen, Colorado before he was called into the ministry. He received his MDiv from The Master's Seminary and subsequently pastored Summit Lake Community Church near Mancos, Colorado for a number of years. He is now on staff at Kerrville Bible Church in Kerrville, TX. Christensen has also published What about Evil? A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory.
What About Free Will?
by Scott Christensen
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Scott Christensen |
| Publisher | P&R Publishing |
| Date | 2016 |
| Pages | 304 |
Overview:
A perennial question in theology is how God's sovereignty over the world fits with human freedom. If we believe the biblical account that God is in control of everything that happens, does that turn us into mere puppets with no responsibility for our actions? These types of questions touch every aspect of our theology and lives.
God's absolute sovereignty is compatible with human freedom and responsibility. Ultimately, libertarian free will, the power of contrary choice, fails at a number of points. A better explanation is compatibilist free will.
In the compatibilist explanation of human freedom, mankind is free when a person acts voluntarily in accordance with what they most want to do. This allows for a dual explanation, both divine and human, for very human action. God ordains all that man freely does.
Scott Christensen worked for many years at the architectural firm of CCY Architects in Aspen, Colorado before he was called into the ministry. He received his MDiv from The Master's Seminary and subsequently pastored Summit Lake Community Church near Mancos, Colorado for a number of years. He is now on staff at Kerrville Bible Church in Kerrville, TX. Christensen has also published What about Evil? A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory.