What is predestination and election?

With this essay, we step into the most enduring debate in Christian theology.  It’s all about a single word, “election.”  The term means to choose, as in electing a candidate.  You “elected” to buy this book, and to read this chapter.  In theological use, the word relates to the idea that God chooses (or has chosen) a people or individuals to belong to him in a unique way. (more…)