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A couple juicy nuggets from Jenson: <\/p>\n

\u201cThe speaking of the gospel is the event of predestination in that the gospel gives what it speaks about, but this eschatological efficacy of the gospel is the Spirit. \u00a0We must parody Barth: the Holy Spirit is the choosing God.\u201d <\/p>\n

And: \u201cPredestination is simply the doctrine of justification stated in the active voice. \u00a0if we change \u2018We are justified by God alone\u2019 from passive to active we get \u2018God alone justifies us.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple juicy nuggets from Jenson: \u201cThe speaking of the gospel is the event of predestination in that the gospel gives what it speaks about, but this eschatological efficacy of the gospel is the Spirit. \u00a0We must parody Barth: the Holy Spirit is the choosing God.\u201d And: \u201cPredestination is simply the doctrine of justification stated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-soteriology"],"yoast_head":"\nJenson on election<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A couple juicy nuggets from Jenson: “The speaking of the gospel is the event of predestination in that the gospel gives what it speaks about, but\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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