A REVIEW OF NORMAN GEISLER’S “CHOSEN BUT FREE: A BALANCED VIEW OF DIVINE ELECTION”


Apprising Ministries is pleased to remind you of this review by our friend Dr. Gary Gilley. He begins his review by saying:

In Chosen but Free , Dr. Geisler attempts the daunting task of resolving the tension between the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man. In my opinion he fails at almost every turn. He fails first of all because he attempts to solve a mystery with logic. He wants to bring all sides to the table and walk away with a compromise acceptable to everyone.

This is the theological snare waiting to trap virtually all who insist that this antimony can be solved at one end of the spectrum or the other. The biblical picture is that both sovereignty and responsibility are true in a way that only God can begin to fathom. When we start developing systems to explain this tension we polarize. Geisler has fallen into this trap.

You can read the entire review right here.