Every year, with the "bonfires and illuminations" John Adams suggested, we celebrate the day when this nation declared itself to exist under a government to which the governed give their consent. The electorate gives that consent by making, at regular intervals, a pilgrimage to the polls, which is preceded by months of speculation about who will have the upper hand in the end ... What if God won our elections? One may say God is never on the ballot. Officially, of course, that's true. But spiritually, God is always on the ballot wherever voters have a free and genuine choice"--Page 4 of cover.

Throughout the church's history, Christians have sought to understand the doctrine of election. On this journey through the Bible and church history, theologian Mark Lindsay turns to the various articulations of the early church fathers, John Calvin's view, the subsequent debate between Calvinists and Arminians, and Karl Barth's modern reconception of the doctrine.

A look at the election, Trump, and America from a spiritual perspective.

What is the role of the will in believing the good news of the gospel? Why is there so much controversy over free will throughout church history? R. C. Sproul finds that Christians have often been influenced by pagan views of the human will that deny the effects of Adam's fall. In Willing to Believe, Sproul traces the free-will controversy from its formal beginning in the fifth century, with the writings of Augustine and Pelagius, to the present. Readers will gain understanding into the nuances separating the views of Protestants and Catholics, Calvinists and Arminians, and Reformed and Dispensationalists. This book, like Sproul's Faith Alone, is a major work on an essential evangelical tenet.

An award-winning journalist who campaigned for President Trump during his election offers a powerful first-person account of one of the most contentious races in American history, with exclusive interviews and insightful commentary from the men and women who were there.

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St Andrews, 2006 under title: Re-imaging election: the Holy Spirit and the dynamic of election to representation.

The first book in the Explorations in Biblical Theology series, Election and Free Will helps those who believe in a Reformed view of predestination to better understand their faith. It traces Scripture's teaching on election through the Bible and explains biblically the doctrine of free will. It tackles objections to predestination and concludes with applications of this neglected biblical teaching. It is clear, strongly biblically based, and solidly Reformed. This book gives special attention to free will and seeks to apply election to contemporary culture. - Publisher.