The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, Documented

by Steele, David N.

• ISBN13: 9780875528274
• ISBN10: 0875528279
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co

Summary

This fortieth-anniversary edition of The Five Points of Calvinism, now with Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version, contains updated source information and new appendices on such themes as "A Kinder, Gentler Calvinism," "Perseverance and Preservation," and "The Practical Applications of Calvinism." Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Roger Nicole	xiii
Preface to the Second Edition	xvii
Preface to the First Edition	xxi
PART ONE THE FIVE POINTS DEFINED: THEIR ORIGIN AND CONTENTS
Points of Contention	1	(4)
The Protest of the Arminian Party
The Five Points of Arminianism
The Philosophical Basis of Arminianism
A Five-Point Response to Arminianism
Calvinism and Arminianism Compared	5	(3)
The Historical Roots of Each System	8	(5)
The Controversy Between Pelagius and Augustine
Semi-Pelagianism, the Forerunner of Arminianism
Calvinism, the Theology of the Reformation
The Difference Between Calvinism and Arminianism	13	(1)
The One Point of Calvinism	14	(4)
PART TWO THE FIVE POINTS DEFENDED: THEIR BIBLICAL SUPPORT
Total Depravity or Total Inability	18	(9)
Spiritual Deadness
Darkened Minds and Corrupt Hearts
Bondage to Sin and Satan
A Universal Bondage
Inability to Change
Unconditional Election	27	(12)
A Chosen People
Election Not Based on Foreseen Responses
Election Precedes Salvation
Sovereign Mercy
Sovereignty over All Things
Particular Redemption or Limited Atonement	39	(13)
Jesus Actually Saves
Jesus Fulfills the Eternal Covenant
How Jesus Died for "All" and Yet for a Particular People
The Efficacious Call of the Spirit or Irresistible Grace	52	(12)
The Spirit Saves
The Spirit Gives New Birth
The Spirit Reveals the Secrets of God
The Spirit Gives Faith and Repentance
The Spirit Effectually Calls
Salvation, Given by a Sovereign God
The Perseverance of the Saints or the Security of Believers	64	(14)
PART THREE THE FIVE POINTS DOCUMENTED: RECOMMENDED READING
Works Broadly on Calvinism and God's Sovereignty	78	(43)
Books Dealing in Whole or in Part with Calvinism or Divine Sovereignty
Articles in Reference Works, Systematic Theologies, Etc.
Information Concerning Creeds and Confessions
Books on the Five Points Individually	121	(18)
Human Inability and the Freedom of the Will
Election and Predestination
The Nature and Extent of the Atonement
Efficacious Grace
The Perseverance of the Saints
Afterword by John F. MacArthur Jr.	139	(2)
APPENDICES
A: A Kinder, Gentler Calvinism	141	(6)
B: Perseverance and Preservation	147	(10)
C: The Meaning of "Foreknew" in Romans 8:29	157	(12)
D: A Defense of Calvinism	169	(18)
E: The Practical Applications of Calvinism	187	(12)
F: The Practical Importance of the Doctrine [of Predestination]	199	(6)
G: Calvinism and Arminianism Before and After: A Brief Historical Sketch	205	(26)
H: The Cambridge Declaration of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals	231	(8)
Index of Scriptures Quoted	239	(4)
Index of Persons	243