The Sovereignty of God in Salvation Biblical Essays [Hardcover]

In his new work The Sovereignty of God in Salvation E. Earle Ellis sets out to explore God's sovereign purpose both in individual salvation and in the salvation history within which the Bible has been authored, transmitted, interpreted and communicated. In the process he touches on such themes as the nature of free will; the manifestation God's sovereignty in the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul; the presence of God's hand in the transmission and interpretation of the biblical texts; and new perspectives on both the modern inclination to emphasise Paul's use of Graeco-Roman rhetoric as well as the contemporary reception of the biblical message. The sovereignty of God forms an overarching theme throughout.

Preface
Abbreviations

Part I. God's Sovereign Grace In Salvation And The Nature Of Man's Free Will?

1. Reformed Understanding Of Salvation?
2. Election To Salvation And Free Will?
3. Calvinism And Hyper-Calvinism?
4. General Predestination And Free Will?
??????????????? Aspects Of God's Will?
??????????????? Divine Predestination And History?
??????????????? Salvation History And History?
5. The Finite God Of Free Will Theism?
6. Conclusion

Part II. Paul, Predestined Apostle Of Christ Jesus: Whence The Name And The Title?

7. Paul's Name
8. Paul's Title

Part III. Colossians 1:12-20: Christus Creator, Christos Salvator

9. The Historical Setting Of Colossians
10. The Literary Form Of Col 1:12-20
11. The Teaching Of Col 1:12-20?
??????????????? Introduction?
??????????????? God's Gracious Action Of Salvation (Col 1:12-14)?
??????????????? Christ: The Head Of Creation, The Head Of The Church (Col 1:15-20)

IV. Perspectives On Biblical Interpretation

12. Old Testament Issues?
??????????????? History?
??????????????? Transmission
13. New Testament Issues?
??????????????? Gospels?
??????????????? Acts And Letters
14. Confessional And Hermeneutical TraditionslS%