Predestination is Not Speculative; It is Spoken

The God of an idea, like universalism, that says “God loves everybody,” such a God never gets around actually to saying it to anyone.

Romans 9-11

I am away this Sunday to preach at Luther Memorial Church in Des Moines, Iowa. However, our lectio continua series through Romans comes to the pivotal section in the epistle when Paul wrestles with the fact of the dis…