Best Books on Predestination & Election
Predestination and election are the Reformed teaching that before the foundation of the world God, out of his free and sovereign grace alone, chose a particular people in Christ for salvation, not on the basis of foreseen faith or merit. This is the doctrinal heart of Calvinism, captured in the U of TULIP, unconditional election. It grounds the believer's assurance in God's unchanging eternal purpose rather than in the strength of their own choice.
Start Here
basic
What Is Predestination?
Top pickR.C. Sproul · 2019
A short, plain language Crucial Questions booklet, the easiest possible entry point.
Chosen by God
R.C. Sproul · 1986
The classic full length popular level defense of Reformed predestination.
The Sovereignty of God
A.W. Pink · 1918
A devotional and doctrinal classic on God's absolute rule over salvation and history.
Chosen for Life: An Introductory Guide to the Doctrine of Divine Election
Sam Storms · 1987
An accessible guided tour through Romans 9 and the biblical case for election.
Go Deeper
intermediate
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination
Top pickLoraine Boettner · 1932
A widely read, thorough survey of the doctrine and its history for the serious lay reader.
Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology
R. C. Sproul · 1997
Walks through the full system of Reformed doctrine with election at its center.
The Bondage of the Will
Martin Luther · 1990
Luther's foundational Reformation era case against free will and for sovereign grace.
The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23
John Piper · 1993
A careful exegetical study of the key Pauline text on God's electing purposes.
For Study
advanced
Still Sovereign: Contemporary Perspectives on Election, Foreknowledge, and Grace
Top pickThomas Schreiner · 2000
Thirteen scholars mount fresh exegetical and theological defenses of unconditional election.
Divine Election
G.C. Berkouwer · 1960
A major Dutch Reformed dogmatic treatment situating election within the doctrine of Christ.
Freedom of the Will
Jonathan Edwards · 1754
Edwards' philosophically rigorous classic on necessity, will, and moral agency.
Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Volume Set)
John Calvin · 1559
Calvin's own definitive treatment of predestination in Book III of the founding Reformed text.
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