Man is like a tree. His heart, not his will alone, is the root. There is no possible way by which the will can choose to produce fruit contrary to the character of the root. If the root is bad, the tree is bound by its very nature to produce evil fruit. Man is like [...]
Free Will
Once there was free will in paradise, and a terrible mess free will made there, for it spoiled all paradise and turned Adam out of the garden. Free will was once in heaven, but it turned the glorious archangel out, and a third part of the stars of heaven fell into the abyss. I want nothing to do with free will, but I will try to see whether I have got a free will within. And I find I have. Very free will to do evil, but very poor will to do that which is good. ~ C.H. Spurgeon
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Free Agency and the Will by R. L. Dabney
1. Man a free agent, denied by two parties BUT is man a free agent? Many have denied it. These may be ranked under two classes, Theological Fatalists and Sensualistic Necessitarians. The former argue from the doctrine of God’s foreknowledge and providence; the latter from the certainty, or, as it has unluckily been termed, necessity [...]
The Bondage Of The Will by Steven Houck
Free-Willism There is a very serious error which is widely believed and promoted in our day-the error of free-willism. By the term, free-willism, I am not referring to the fact that man has a will. That is certainly Biblical. In the act of creation, God gave to man the faculty of the will and that [...]
Myth of Free Will by Walter Chantry
Most people say that they believe in ‘free will.’ Do you have any idea what that means? I believe that you will find a great deal of superstition on this subject. The will is saluted as the grand power of the human soul which is completely free to direct our lives. But from what is [...]
Is Calvinism Inconsistent with Free Will? by Loraine Boettner
(From Chapter 16 of ‘The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination’ entitled ‘Inconsistent with Free Agency’) THE PROBLEM OF MAN’S FREE AGENCY The problem which we face here is, How can a person be a free and responsible agent if his actions have been foreordained from eternity? By a free and responsible agent we mean an intelligent [...]
God’s Sovereignty and the Human Will by Arthur W. Pink
‘It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.’ (PHIL. 2:13). Concerning the nature and the power of fallen man’s will, the greatest confusion prevails today and the most erroneous views are held, even by many of God’s children. The popular idea now prevailing, and which is [...]
Free Agency and the Will – by R. L. Dabney
1. Man a free agent, denied by two parties BUT is man a free agent? Many have denied it. These may be ranked under two classes, Theological Fatalists and Sensualistic Necessitarians. The former argue from the doctrine of God’s foreknowledge and providence; the latter from the certainty, or, as it has unluckily been termed, necessity [...]
