Why author Randy Alcorn joined one of today’s fiercest Christian debates [View all]

Jonathan Merritt

If God is sovereign and in control of the universe, do humans really have free will? If humans have free will to do as they please, can God really be in control? The debate over God’s sovereignty and human’s free will is one of the hottest among Christians perennially. And now Randy Alcorn, New York Times bestselling author of “Heaven” and “If God is Good,” has decided he wants in on it.

In Alcorn’s new book,”Hand in Hand: The Beauty of God’s Sovereignty and Meaningful Human Choice,” admits that this issue has become divisive among Christians. During the first decade he was a Christian, Alcorn says he was “mostly Arminian” (those who emphasize man’s free will). Now he is “mostly Calvinist” (those who emphasize God’s sovereignty). He says he learned much on his journey that others need to know.

Here, we talk about why Alcorn believes the traditional approach to the debate isn’t working, what he’s saying that’s new, and whether he agrees with John Piper that God is responsible for fatalilty-inducing natural disasters.

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