Lam, Wing-hung2019-09-252019-09-252016-09-231980http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/157513"A couple of weeks ago I had an opportunity of talking with a friend about the credibility of the Christian faith. When the conversation became somewhat personal, he bluntly said: ‘You don’t need to urge me to consider Christianity. I know there is a thing called ‘predestination’ in your religion. Now, if I am elected by God, I will be saved with or without your persuasion. If I am not chosen to heaven, why waste your time to con¬ vince me of the Christian belief? In either way, human effort has little place.’ The theological implication of this comment is significant"engWith permission of the license/copyright holderJhon CalvinPredestinationdoctrine of predestinationProtestant reformerGlobal Church History and World ChristianityDogmaticsSalvation/liberationEschatologyApologetics and polemicsArticle