The Captivation Of The Will

by Forde, Gerhard O.

• ISBN13: 9780802829061
• ISBN10: 0802829066
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-15
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

The Captivation of the Will provocatively revisits a perennial topic of controversy - human free will. Highly esteemed Lutheran thinker Gerhard Forde cuts to the heart of the subject by reexamining the famous debate on the will between Luther and Erasmus.

Author Biography

Gerhard O. Forde is professor emeritus of systematic theology at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota Steven Paulson is associate professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Steven Paulson	ix
Preface	xvi
Introduction: Luther and Erasmus on the Bondage of the Will, by James A. Nestingen	1	(22)
1. The Argument about Scripture	23	(8)
2. The Argument about God	31	(16)
3. The Argument about Our Willing	47	(14)
4. The Argument about Christ and Salvation	61	(16)
Postscript	77	(6)
Sermons
The Easy Yoke	83	(3)
Justification by Faith Alone	86	(5)
A Word from Without	91	(3)
On Getting Out of the Way for Jesus	94	(5)
The Perilous Journey	99	(3)
Go Away, Jesus!	102	(3)
I Chose You	105	(3)
On Death to Self	108	(4)
We Are Being Transformed	112	(4)
What Matters	116