Sovereign Reprobation
Rev. Gise Van Baren defends the Reformed doctrine of reprobation as a biblical truth grounded in God's sovereignty, addressing common objections to this doctrine and examining key scriptural passages such as Romans 9 that speak to God's eternal decree. The pamphlet argues that reprobation properly exalts God's sovereignty and places humanity in its correct creatureliness, inviting readers to examine Scripture carefully rather than dismissing the doctrine out of hand.
There is something concerning God’s eternal decree of predestination, and particularly the decree of reprobation, which seems immediately to arouse the ire of man. Mention election or reprobation, and man closes his ears. Send to him material on such a subject, and he will return it with the acid comment, “I don’t want such stuff in my mailbox.” Even John Calvin, that noted Reformer and champion of the truth of predestination, is reported to have called reprobation “that horrible decree”...