The next issue of The Master’s Seminary Journal just released. It’s on regeneration. I contributed this article:
Naselli, Andrew David. “Chosen, Born Again, and Believing: How Election, Regeneration, and Faith Relate to Each Other in the Gospel according to John.” The Master’s Seminary Journal 32 (2021): 269–86.
Abstract:
- This article inductively examines what key passages in the Gospel according to John say about election, regeneration, and faith (John 1:9–13; 3:3–8; 6:36–40, 44, 63–65; 8:45–47; 10:14–16, 26–29; 12:37–40; 13:18; 15:16, 19; 17:2, 6–9, 20, 24; 20:30–31).
- Then it deductively synthesizes how the Gospel according to John contributes to a systematic theology of how election, regeneration, and faith relate to each other:
- (1) Unconditional election logically and chronologically precedes faith. Faith is not the basis of election.
- (2) Monergistic regeneration logically precedes and enables faith. Faith is not the basis of regeneration.
- (3) God’s absolute sovereignty regarding election and regeneration is compatible with human responsibility regarding faith.
- The article concludes with an observation, a warning, and an exhortation.
