title: God's Predestination: "For those God foreknew, He also Predestined"(Romans 8:29)
author:  Grace Dola Balogun 
description: Grace Dola Balogun graduated from Fordham University Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education in the year 2010 with an M.A. in Religion and Religious Education. She has been a prayer mentor and advisor for many Christians of all denominations for many years. Grace is also the author of Prayer the Source of Strength for Life, Published in English and in Spanish; and Spirit Power Volumes One and Two, as well as The Cross and the Crucifixion, The Three Simple Solutions For world Peace and Justification be Faith Alone in Christ Alone, and other new releases.
zlib_text: Predestination of the Elect of God 
  by Dr. Francis Turretin 
   
  Ought predestination to be publicly taught and preached? We affirm. 
  Some of the brethren of France in the time of Augustine started this question. Since, in his books 
  against the Pelagians, he had inserted and inculcated many things concerning predestination, so 
  as in this way to defend the truth against their impious doctrines, many were disturbed by it (as 
  appears from the two letters of Prosper, a disciple of Augustine, and of Hilary, the presbyter*; cf. 
  "Letters 225 and 226 to Augustine" [FC 32:119-29 and 129-391). The reason was not that they 
  judged it to be at all false, but because they thought the preaching of it was dangerous and 
  invidious, better to be suppressed than brought into prominence. 
  There are some of the same opinion at the present day. Wearied with the contentions arising 
  from this doctrine in almost every age, they think that it is best for the peace of the church and the 
  tranquility of consc