Is Salvation for everyone? Predestination, Free Will and Inclusion Theology
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💡 Is salvation universally available? Does predestination mean some are excluded? How do free will and God’s purposes coexist? Tom and Mike unpack these complex questions, shedding light on biblical perspectives that emphasize transformation, assurance, and the church’s role in reflecting God’s image in the world.
Key themes in today’s episode:
Why determinism vs. free will is often a misleading debate.
How predestination is about God’s purpose, not exclusion.
The Holy Spirit’s role in salvation and human responsibility.
Why the New Testament presents salvation as both universal and personal.
The Biblical view of the soul vs. Platonic philosophy.
🎧 If you’ve ever wrestled with questions about election, inclusion, or what it means to be human in God’s plan, this episode offers fresh insights to challenge and encourage your faith.
Super encouraging. I love the course correction from the medieval/secular view of determinism vs. free will to a view toward God’s purposes through Christ for the whole creation. We are so guilty of making eschatology and soteriology about us and whether we go to heaven or hell. It is appropriately humbling to remember that God’s plan is not just about me being saved but about all creation being renewed in Jesus, which is then worked out by us reclaiming the true human vocation of image-bearers in the world.