Berkouwer
emphasizes that his reinterpretation of election "has nothing to do
with a devaluation of divine sovereignty. It is not motivated by respect
for the autonomy of the free man" (A Half Century of Theology, p. 95).
He sought to affirm divine election while avoiding the dangers of
determinism. Describing the process by which he reached this position,
he wrote, "in the Bible's radical and open character, I found a way of
speaking that is not defined by some darksome eternal background, but by
the way of history" (A Half Century of Theology, p. 100; Divine
Election, p. 71) - "I did not have to posit indeterminism over against
determinism" (A Half Century of Theology, p. 101).
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