Does that mean He plays favorites for the likes of outspoken Christians like Tim Tebow or Drew Brees? Of course. Because God loves those who are His, even as He loves His own Son, God is certain to favor them. That favor, however, isn’t a path to winning a football game, but is instead the path to true victory, becoming more like Jesus. God isn’t glorified in giving Tim Tebow unlikely victories that somehow redound to God’s glory. No, God is glorified in making His children, including Tim Tebow, more like His Son. Sometimes that means leading them to the thrill of victory. Sometimes it means leading them through the agony of defeat.
R.C. Sproul Jr.

Charles G. Finney's Systematic Theology--1878 EDITION

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GLOSSARY ARBITRARY: a choice of the will in the worst sense; that is, in the sense of having no regard to reason, or to the nature and relations of moral…

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Charles G. Finney's Systematic Theology Edited by J.H. Fairchild 1878 President, Oberlin college (With modest grammatical and layout changes) By The Rev. Charles G. Finney Late President of Oberlin College…

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PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR 1. To a great extent, the truths of the blessed gospel have been hidden under a false philosophy. In my early inquiries on the subject of…

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