Randy Alcorn Wrestles with the Question of Human Responsibility & Divine Sovereignty in His New Book "Hand in Hand"

The age-old question of divine sovereignty and human responsibility gets reprised in Randy Alcorn brand new book "Hand in Hand: The Beauty of God's Sovereignty and Meaningful Human Choice."  The book will be released this Tuesday on October 14.  Here Alcorn wrestles with the questions: If God is sovereign, how can I be free to choose? But if God is not sovereign, how can he be God? Is it possible to reconcile God's sovereignty with human choice?

In the book, Alcorn shows that these questions are more than theological or philosophical ones.  Rather, it's a personal one.  How we seek to answer these questions affect our view of God, our lives, our choices and how we interpret events such as catastrophes and sufferings.  In hand in Hand, Randy Alcorn says that the traditional approach to this debate has often diminished our trust in God and his purposes. Instead of making a one-sided argument from select verses, Alcorn examines the question in light of all Scripture. By exploring what the whole Bible says about divine sovereignty and human choice, Hand in Hand helps us... ·

1. Carefully and honestly examine the different views on this issue·

2. Gain a deeper understanding of God·

3. Appreciate God's design in providing us the freedom of meaningful choice·

4. See the value in better understanding what we cannot fully understand·

5. Learn how to communicate about the issue in clear and compassionate ways·

6. More fully experience the unity Christ intends for his Church.

Randy Alcorn is an author and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit ministry dedicated to teaching principles of God's Word and assisting the church in ministering to the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled, and unsupported people around the world. His ministry focus is communicating the strategic importance of using our earthly time, money, possessions and opportunities to invest in need-meeting ministries that count for eternity. He accomplishes this by analyzing, teaching, and applying the biblical truth.

Before starting EPM in 1990, Randy served as a pastor for fourteen years. He holds degrees in theology and biblical studies and has taught on the adjunct faculties of Multnomah University and Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

A New York Times bestselling author, Randy has written more than forty books including Courageous, Heaven, The Treasure Principle, and the Gold Medallion winner Safely Home. His books in print exceed seven million and have been translated into over thirty languages. Randy has written for many magazines including EPM's quarterly issues-oriented magazine Eternal Perspectives. He is active daily on Facebook and Twitter, has been a guest on more than 700 radio, television and online programs including Focus on the Family, FamilyLife Today, Revive Our Hearts, The Bible Answer Man, and The Resurgence.

 

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