That “Horrible” Decree

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" (a...