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This new volume in the emerging Lutheran Quarterly Books series explores one of Christian theology's most important yet controversial topics--human free will. Gerhard O. Forde, one of this generation's leading Christian thinkers, gets at the heart of the topic by looking anew at the famous debate on free will between Luther and Erasmus. Following an introduction by James Nestingen that sets the historical context, Forde thoroughly explores Luther's treatise On the Bondage of the Will and the debate between Erasmus and Luther that this treatise reflected. In the process of mediating this debate, Forde highlights the central arguments involved in thinking about human free will, and he proposes a satisfying resolution. The book also contains ten sermons by Forde that elegantly communicate the justice of God and relate theological inquiry to everyday life.
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