Theology and Steak

Meat for the Mind, Body, and Soul

  • Theology and Steak?

    So what is Theology and Steak? It is a Jesus Christ-centered blog from a person whose heart is burdened more and more by a need to evangeize those actually in the church. The name came from my desire to teach simple meat and potatoes theology, and was born out of two things that have happened in my life: One was the frustration at many chuches, at least from my own experience, that are light on doctrine and theology and big on entertainment and felt needs. The second thing was a discovery of the doctrines of grace and the five solas of the Reformation. Scripture alone, grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone, and to the Glory of God alone. Much of this blog will come from my experiences, analyses, and thoughts. Please feel free to comment. Soli Deo Gloria

  • Archives

  • Pages

Archive for November 5th, 2007

Book Report: Predestination by Gordon H. Clark

Posted by theologyandsteak on November 5, 2007

predestination.jpg John Robbins in his Forward states that false ideas of God prevail in many so-called Christian churches.  He states, “Nominally Christian churches teach that God loves everyone and has a wonderful plan for his/her life.  But the Bible contradicts that notion from Genesis to Revelation.”  Gordon Clark’s book Predestination, is a short yet comprehensive book on a controversial topic to most Christians.  The overall book proceeds methodically from a discussion on creation and the meaning of create, to creation’s relation to omnipotence, and the purpose of creation.  Clark then quickly reviews another attribute of God that relates to the preliminary discussions of the topic of predestination, that of omniscience.  Clark then gets to the eternal decrees of God, pre-destination (as he states), and then to regeneration.  No discussion of predestination would be complete without a substantial inclusion of the topic of free will, and Clark tackles this subject in a clear and concise manner.  Finally, after his conclusion, Clark includes a lengthy appendix on predestination in the Old Testament.  Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Arminian, Bible, Bible study, Calvinism, Christianity, God's Sovereignty, Gordon Clark, assurance, book reviews, calling, doctrine, election, faith, grace, predestination, theology | 5 Comments »