Berkouwer emphasized the importance of the doctrine of election - "if we
take seriously the conviction that election lies ... at the heart of
the church, we find ourselves at the centre of the church's faith when
qwe focus on the question of election" (A Half Century of Theology, p.
79). He also discerned the harmful effects of a deterministic doctrine
of election - "this doctrine has been all but comforting ... an offence,
with no real liberating and tension-relieving power ... a decision that
was extremely difficult to rhyme with a gospel of love comforting to
the heart" (A Half Century of Theology, p. 79).
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