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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