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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