Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig.

Today, the Doctrine of Salvation, Part 4.

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Welcome to Defenders.

Can you believe that it's been five months now that we've been podcasting Defenders remotely from my home office?

We never suspected when we started doing this that it would be so long.

But we're so glad that we didn't interrupt the class but have continued to come to you remotely so that

we've not had to interrupt our study together. I've really enjoyed preparing for the class,

and I hope that these lessons have been helpful and encouraging to you as well. We've been

talking about the doctrine of salvation from contrasting Calvinistic and

Armenian perspectives.

Last time, we looked at the Armenian understanding of Ephesians chapter 1, and we saw

that the Armenian interprets election to be Christocentric, to concern everyone who is in Christ,

and secondly, to be corporate in nature.

It is primarily this corporate group that is elect, and individuals are elect only secondarily insofar as they are members of

that corporate group.

Today we want to turn to the second key passage, which is Romans chapter 8 verses 28 to 30.

Paul writes, we know that in everything, God works for good with those who love him,

who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be

conformed to the image of his son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

And those whom he predestined, he also called, and those whom he called, he also justified,

and those whom he justified, he also glorified. What the Armenian emphasizes is that God's calling here,

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