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In this short, theological essay, John Piper builds a scriptural case that God’s unconditional election unto salvation is compatible with God’s genuine desire and offer for all to be saved. Helping us to make sense of this seemingly paradoxical relationship, Piper wisely holds both truths in tension as he explores the Bible’s teaching on this challenging topic, graciously responds to those who...

of God’s sovereign, prevenient, efficacious grace as the force that might determine that some are saved and some not. The text is silent about both of these possible explanations as to why not all are saved. If all we had was this text, we could only guess what restrains God from saving all. When some people say there is human free will in 1 Timothy 2:4, that is owing to a philosophical presupposition, not an exegetical conclusion. Before I mention what that presupposition is,
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