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A contemporary, foundational statement of classic reformed faith, now revised and updated • Comprehensive, coherent, contextual, and conversational • Scripture-saturated, with more exegesis and more Scripture quotations than other one-volume theologies • Upholds classic Calvinist positions on baptism, the Trinity, church government, and much more • Interacts with contemporary issues...

Pinnock’s Proposal In order to have the real picture of God’s dealings with the human race “borne home to us in a fresh way,” Pinnock proposes that we “retell the biblical story and allow it to create its own impression upon us” (97). When we do this, all determinism, fatalism, and what Pinnock (following Kaufman) calls “blueprint-predestination” will “fall away” and “the clear biblical witness to significant human freedom” will impress itself upon us (97). Now as incredible as it may seem, it is