Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology

by Richard Mouw

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2024

Overview

A brief, accessible inquiry into the wideness of God’s mercy in Reformed theology

How broad is the scope of salvation? To explore this question, Richard J. Mouw draws on Scripture and a rich heritage of Calvinist theology. Mouw brings voices like the old Princeton theologians, Kuyper, and Bavinck into conversation with more recent voices such as David Engelsma on pertinent topics, including:

• The salvation of unbaptized infants
• God’s wrath and love for sinners
• Problems with universalism
• The number of the elect

Learned yet approachable, Mouw explains how Christians can affirm God’s justice while holding hope for the wideness of his saving mercy. Congregations today face pressing questions about how to reconcile orthodoxy with empathy in increasingly pluralist neighborhoods and communities. For Reformed pastors, students, and interested laypeople, Divine Generosity serves as a biblically based, doctrinally sound guide.

Key Features

• Explores how to reconcile orthodoxy with empathy in increasingly pluralist neighborhoods and communities
• Draws on Scripture and a rich heritage of Calvinist theology
• Explains how Christians can affirm God’s justice while holding hope for the wideness of his saving mercy

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• 1. Rejecting Universalism
• 2. The Scope of God’s Love
• 3. Jacob, Esau . . . and Jesus
• 4. Those Not “Outwardly Called”
• 5. More Than a Remnant
• 6. Solid Grounding, Confused Theology
• 7. Seeing an Unknown God
• 8. Blessing the Nations
• 9. Salvific Intensifications
• 10. The Great Gathering
• Epilogue: Personal Concluding Thoughts
• Index

Product Details

• Title: Divine Generosity: The Scope of Salvation in Reformed Theology
• Author: Richard Mouw
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 133
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Salvation › Christianity; Reformed Church
• ISBNs: 9780802883902, 0802883907
• Resource ID: LLS:DVNGNRSTYRFRMTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-25T18:07:40Z

About Richard Mouw

Richard J. Mouw (PhD, University of Chicago) is a senior research fellow at the Henry Institute for the Study of Religion and Politics at Calvin University. He previously served as the president of Fuller Theological Seminary (1993–2013) and directed their Institute of Faith and Public Life (2013–2020). In 2007, Princeton Theological Seminary awarded him the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life. He is the author of over twenty books, including Uncommon Decency, Adventures in Evangelical Civility, Restless Faith, and All That God Cares About.