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Gavin Ortlund on Election & predestination

LIVING · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Unconditional — grounded in God's free choice

THE POSITION

Unconditional election; Reformed Baptist.

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SCRIPTURE
EPHESIANS 1:4-5 · BSB

4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love 5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

16 OTHERS HOLD THIS

AquinasAugustineVoddie BauchamCalvinJonathan EdwardsTim KellerSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurJohn OwenJustin PetersJohn PiperR.C. SproulCharles Haddon SpurgeonWestminster ConfessionZwingli
Conditional — grounded in foreseen faithJACOBUS ARMINIUS · CHRYSOSTOM · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · WESLEY
Affirmed, held alongside real human responsibility, treated as non-dividingJOSH HOWERTON
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Pastor and author behind Truth Unites. Works on retrieving the church fathers for Protestants and on charitable engagement with Catholic and Orthodox claims.

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"Gavin Ortlund on Election & predestination", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/ortlund/election (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/ortlund/election).

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