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Taking an insightful look at the knotty question of determinism, Determined To Believe by Professor John C. Lennox is perfect for anyone filled with questions of freedom and choice.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Prologue 13
What This Book is About 15
Part 1: The Problem Defined
1 The Nature and Limitations of Freedom 22
2 Different Kinds of Determinism 36
3 Reactions to Determinism – The Moral Problem 61
4 Weapons of Mass Distraction 74
Part 2: The Theology of Determinism
5 God’s Sovereignty and Human Responsibility 92
6 The Biblical Vocabulary 105
Part 3: The Gospel and Determinism
7 Human Capacity and its Limits 128
8 The Human Condition – Diagnosis and Remedy 148
Drawn by the Father and Coming to Christ 169
10 The Irreversibility of Regeneration 186
11 The Gospel and Human Moral Responsibility 200
Part 4: Israel and Determinism
12 Israel and the Gentiles 234
13 Why Doesn’t Israel Believe? 242
14 The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart 257
15 Is Israel Responsible? 275
16 Has Israel a Future? 294
Part 5: Assurance and Determinism
17 Christian Assurance 310
18 Will Faith in God Endure? 327
19 Warning in Hebrews 339
20 Assurance in Hebrews 348
Epilogue 357
Questions for Reflection or Discussion 359
Index 361
Index of Scripture References 366

About the Author

John C. Lennox MA PhD DPhil DSc is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He has lectured on religion and science at many prestigious institutions around the world, and has publicly debated Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, among others. He is also the author of many books including Cosmic Chemistry, God and Stephen Hawking and Friend of God: The Inspiration of Abraham in an Age of Doubt. Featured guest on one of the world’s biggest podcasts, Diary of a CEO.