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Determinists believe that every event (or every event in a certain category) has a cause that makes it happen exactly as it happens. Among the varieties of determinism are the views of (1) Plato, who held that one’s ethical choices are determined by his view of what is good, (2) B. F. Skinner, who believed that stimuli, dispositions and motives govern all human behavior. (3) Democritus, Hobbes, Spinoza, and many others, who have held that every event in the universe is determined by a physical cause. Of special interest to us are (4) theological determinists, who hold that all events...

Will the next generation of evangelicals believe in God? This seems like a ridiculous question. After all, our evangelistic tracts begin by announcing that God loves the sinner, and has a wonderful plan for his life. Our evangelistic programs train us to ask others what they would say to God should He ask them why He should allow them into His heaven. Our discipleship materials offer to help us in the task of “Experiencing God.” Our theologians have contended against Protestant liberalism for the Bible as the very Word of God. Some current rumblings in evangelicalism suggest, however, that the...