Does Man have a Free Will?

As Calvinists we are often accused in believing that man does not have a free will. We certainly do believe man has a free will -- and is a free moral agent -- but we need to understand what that means. Common sense alone would tell us he certainly is not free to do anything and everything.

This introductory message to chapter 9 of the London Baptist Confession gives an overview of this chapters place in the Confession. Then an overview of the chapter itself. The chapter is divided in a similar way as Thomas Boston's fine work "Man in His Four-Fold State".