Berkouwer
recognized that the deterministic interpretation of election has, for
many, proved to be an obstacle to faith - "the confession of divine
election did come to the fore in a very direct pastoral way; people in
the congregations have been plagued by questions concerning election and
human responsibility, questions about the certainty of one's own
salvation" (A Half Century of Theology, p. 78). Berkouwer's approach
need not be dismissed as a denial of election. He does, however, offer
us a reinterpretation - "We knew we had to go further - in concern for
the heart of the church - than the construction of defensive syntheses"
(A Half Century of Theology, p. 89).
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