bound choice

Luther’s Understanding of the Human Will (4137)

Video summary: In this video, Dr. Biermann examines Luther’s conclusions in The Bondage of the Will and the blessing that is our lack of free will to choose God. This discussion continues in The Role of the Human Will in Conversion.

Christian Doctrine, Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann, The Lutheran ConfessionsArminianism, Bondage of the Will, bound choice, conversion, decision theology, free will, grace, Luther, Martin Luther, salvation, third article

Perspectives on Free Will (6207)

In this video, Dr. Rast contrasts different perspectives on free will: Pelagianism, Augustine’s bound will, Cassian’s Semi-Pelagianism, and Thomas Aquinas’s synergism; and how Luther responded with the doctrine of bound choice.

Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., The Lutheran Confessions, Varieties of BeliefAquinas, Augustine, bound choice, bound will, Cassian, divine spark, free will, John Cassian, justification, Luther, Martin Luther, original sin, Pelagianism, Pelagius, prevenient grace, Semi-Pelagianism, synergism, Thomas Aquinas