Of the making of many books there is no end. Of the making of books on divine predestination there is also no end.
Travis James Campbell’s recent book The Wonderful Decree focuses its attention on divine election and God’s desire for the salvation of all. Campbell attempts to explain and defend how God can both desire the salvation of all while unconditionally electing some to salvation. This is not a new question. The compatibility of these doctrines has garnered a copious amount of literature going at least as far back as the Augustinian and Pelagian controversy in the fifth century.
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