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Explains God's decrees as His eternal purpose and counsel worked out in history, while human responsibility remains real.…
Theology & DoctrineDivine concurrence means God works through creatures' free actions to accomplish His purposes without becoming the author of evil.…
Theology & DoctrineGod foreknew the fall but permitted rather than caused it, since a truly free creature required the real possibility of choosing evil.…
Theology & DoctrineScripture affirms both God's sovereignty and human responsibility without reconciling them into a tidy system.…
Theology & DoctrineCommentators explore why God made man capable of choice and responsible for it, and what true freedom means after the fall.…