Free Will: Pro and Con

Authors

  • Gennady GOLOLOB Presently he is the theological editor of Smyrna Publishers (Cherkassy,Ukraine)., Ukraine

Keywords:

Free will, biblical teaching on human free will, theological determinism, unconditionally arbitrary

Abstract

Gennady Gololob’s article, “Free Will: Pro and Con” is dedicated to the theme of the possibility and conditions for the manifestation of human free will. The basic classification of ancient and contemporary concepts of free will are presented and analyzed scientifically and theologically, together with an outline of the biblical teaching on human free will, which occupies a mediating position between the concept of theological determinism and the post-modern concept of free will as unconditionally arbitrary. The following questions are discussed: Is a human being actually free in terms of desires and behaviors, and how much? How is free will possible in a world subject to natural law, logical categories, and ethical norms? Is there agreement between human free will and divine predestination? Is free will subject to self control? What are the ways of influencing a person’s free choice? Does free will make a person a morally responsible being? How can a person make correct use of this amazing gift of God?

Author Biography

Gennady GOLOLOB, Presently he is the theological editor of Smyrna Publishers (Cherkassy,Ukraine).

Gennady Gololob (born 1964) is the author of a number of publications on systematic theology and apologetics that have appeared in various Christian periodicals and on the Internet. In 2001 he received a Bachelor of Theology degree from DonetskChristianUniversity. In 2008 his book, Svoboda voli: Mezhdu rabstvom i proizvolom (Free will: Between slavery and arbitrary fate) was published by Bibliia dlia vsekh (The Bible for all). Presently he is the theological editor of Smyrna Publishers (Cherkassy,Ukraine).

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THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS #9 (2008)

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GOLOLOB, Gennady. 2008. “Free Will: Pro and Con”. Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, no. 9 (December):89-104. http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/87768.

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