R.C. Sproul on Election & predestination

1939 – 2017 · PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)

STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°

STANCE

Unconditional — grounded in God's free choice

THE POSITION

Standard confessional Reformed position — election grounded in God's free choice, not foreseen faith or merit — consistent with his monergist argument on original sin (regeneration precedes faith) and his authorship of the book Chosen by God, a book-length defense of unconditional election.

16 OTHERS HOLD THIS

Aquinas Augustine Voddie Baucham Calvin Jonathan Edwards Tim Keller Second London Baptist Confession Luther John MacArthur Gavin Ortlund John Owen Justin Peters John Piper Charles Haddon Spurgeon Westminster Confession Zwingli

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

Founder of Ligonier Ministries and teaching elder in the PCA. Chaired the drafting committee for the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy; best known for The Holiness of God and for popularizing Reformed theology — the five solas and TULIP — for a lay audience.

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"R.C. Sproul on Election & predestination", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/sproul/election (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/sproul/election).

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