When the moment of choice comes, whichever is the stronger is the one we follow.

That doesn't deny freedom, but that's the essence of freedom.

That is, to have the power or the ability to choose according to your inclinations, to choose what you want.

It certainly seems like we have free will.

I chose the shoes I'd wear today, and I chose what I ate for breakfast.

But did I choose to become a Christian?

We've been examining questions like this all week on renewing your mind,

and we'll address another one today as we conclude this series.

Now, although this is the last message you'll hear this week from the series willing to believe, you can watch or listen to all 12 messages if you request access

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your mind at renewingermind.org or when you call us at 800, 435-4343. Today's the final day of this offer,

so I'll remind you again after today's message. In the discussion on free will, one of the

questions that often comes up is this.

Are we born to sin?

Here's Dr. Sprole to answer.

We come now in our historical reconnaissance of the controversies that have ensued over the question of free will, two, the man I believe is the most

prodigious scholar to address this problem of all time. And that, of course, is Jonathan Edwards.

In 1754, Edwards published his classic work on the freedom of the will.

And if some of you have had the opportunity to read that, you know that it is very technical,

very abstract, and very philosophical.

It mixes a study of biblical texts along with a great deal of philosophical

argumentation and is arguably Jonathan Edwards' greatest work. I personally believe that it's the

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