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Welcome to the Thinking Fellows podcast. I am the producer Caleb. I'm joined by Dr. Rod Rosenblatt, Adam Francisco, and Scott Keith as usual. And this week we're going to cover a very interesting topic, a topic that can sometimes cause arguments or division. And that's the will. And Dr. Keith was going to start us off with some notes about why this is such an important topic to cover.

Well, yeah, I think I'd like to start out with some questions.

But first, I mean, when we talk about the idea of the will, that's a tough one in English, I think.

Some of the words that are used in Latin can mean slightly different things.

But at the end of the day, I think when we refer to that word in English, the will,

what we're talking about is our ability to choose.

Is that about right?

Our ability to choose.

I know in Latin, one of the words it's used would be sort of our affection or our desire,

our movement toward or away something from something what we want or what we don't want

or then based on that want or that desire, that lack of desire, what we would then choose or not choose

on that.

And I think it's, in Latin it's a little more nuanced.

So when the reformers were using this word like when Luther wrote on the bondage of the will

or when Melancton speaks about the will, they can actually get pretty precise with what

they're talking about.

And it's more difficult in English.

But I think suffice it to say for us, today when we're talking about this, we're asking

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