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There's no sense of which Paul wants to take election and hide it in the closet and not talk about it.

I've seen churches that hold to election but never want to talk about it.

They believe election, but it's like a secret doctrine that you only get told after you've joined the church and been a member for five years.

And finally we let you in on the secret.

Doctrine election is a biblical doctrine.

And if it's a biblical doctrine, it's a good doctrine. The fact that it exists in Romans like this is a reassurance that it's not something that is negative and

problematic. Now, that doesn't mean it's easy. It's not. And it doesn't mean there aren't residual

challenges and understanding it. Of course there are. But I think it's something to be embraced.

Welcome to help me teach the Bible, sponsored by Crossway.

I'm Nancy Guthrie.

And this is the conversation that helps us learn how to better teach through books of the

Bible and to improve our skills in this calling that we've been called to,

not only to take in God's word, but to teach it to others. This is the second part of a two-part

conversation with Dr. Michael Kruger, who is helping us teach through the book of Romans.

Dr. Kruger is president and the Samuel C. Patterson

Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte,

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