Category Archives: Predestination and Election

Gunton on Barth on election

Posted on 8 November 2009 by

Reading Colin Gunton’s lecture on Karl Barth’s doctrine of election (from The Barth Lectures, pp.110ff.). He begins by arguing that election in the Bible is “to do with how God calls individuals and groups to perform a particular task or … Continue reading →

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A “more Biblical doctrine of election”?

Posted on 9 March 2008 by

Christian experience is different in an era when anxiety about individual salvation does not have so deep a grip on the Christian conscience. There are even some good reasons for this. The deepest theological development on this score is surely … Continue reading →

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Luther’s refusal to “argue about election”

Posted on 13 September 2007 by

Luther on predestination, as quoted by Don Matzat in his essay, Martin Luther and the Doctrine of Predestination: A dispute about predestination should be avoided entirely … I forget everything about Christ and God when I come upon these thoughts … Continue reading →

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