Living by faith or by fate : God's will and man's option /
Douglas J. Elwood.
- Quezon City, Phils. : New Day Publishers, c2004.
- viii, 197 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. "Thy will be Done" - Students opinion survey - Moral breakdown - On doing the will of God - The quest for meaning 2. Faith in Providence - Predestination and providence - Faith or fate? - Freedom and/or destiny - God's will- a vision to be realized 3. God interacting with the world - sovereignty as invincible love - destiny in the hands of a loving God - loving parent or autocratic monarch? - Does God ever really change? 4. God's circumstantial will - knowledge of the future? - student opinion survey - the circumstantial will of God - do miracles still happen|? 5. Discerning the will of God - Jesus' formula for the good life - Ways of seeking to know God's will 6. What God requires of us - Great expectations - The peace that God wills 7. Evil and a loving God - The human predicament - Are human beings accident-prone - a world-in-the-making - overcoming evil with good - the law of moral consequence - unequal justice 8. The will to do the will of God - are we willing to do God's will - occupation as vocation - marriage as covenant - Does prayer really change things? - God is waiting for our answer