After last week's introduction to God's Providence, one of Ian's class members asked for clarification on the meaning of "predestination." This week begins a multiple part study on the concept of predestination and election which will end with a study on Romans 9-11. Ian spends time contextualizing the thought of Paul as a First Century Jewish Pharisee living under Roman occupation within the abiding influence of Greco-Roman philosophy.

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