Few Are Chosen: Debating Freewill & Predestination (DVD)

The Lord Jesus said, “…many are called, but few are chosen.”  (Matt. 22:14).  The obvious implication is that the one who does the choosing also does the calling.  But who is the one who both calls and chooses?  Or, to put it another way, who controls salvation?  Is salvation the result of a sovereign act of God or is it the result of man’s supposed free-will?

Those who embrace Reformed Theology believe that God both calls and chooses and that He does not call and choose every single person because the word “many” limits the nature and extent of this action.  Because man is dead in sin, it takes a sovereign act of God, and God alone (Monergism), to achieve salvation on fallen man’s part.

Arminianism has a different view.  Though they maintain that man is dead in sin, they still believe that man has a choice and, in the end, it is man’s sovereign choice, not God’s, which ultimately determines who is saved.

During the next two hours and a half hours you will hear Reformed apologist Dr. James R. White engage in a debate with Mr. George Bryson of Calvary Chapel and author of the book The Five Points of Calvinism: Weighed and Found Wanting discuss these and other related issues.

Product Details

Format:  2 Disc DVD/NTSC/Color/Stereo
Encoding: Region Free
Language: English
Studio: Alpha & Omega
Year:  2005
Time:  266 Minutes

1. gabriel says:

   May 23, 2012 at 2:23 am

   i love James White and i listen to him all the time on his Dividing Line webcast including his archives, and it was fun to see George Bryson squirm during cross examination – he won’t do any more debates with James unless the cross examination is removed, because he doesn’t want to answer the tough questions. However i don’t think this debate would have convinced me to move away from the Arminian side. It seems to me,. that they argue mostly about what Calvin said and what he meant, and when i was a non-Calvinist, i could have cared less what Calvin taught, i wanted to know what the bible said.

   I found Amazing Grace: The History and Theology of Calvinism far more compelling, it alone pretty much convinced me i didn’t believe in original sin, and when i understood that, i pretty much became Reformed then.
   This was still interesting, but i would recommend the Amazing Grace DVD as a much more helpful resource, especially for trying to persuade others.

Few Are Chosen: Debating Freewill & Predestination (DVD):

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