Obviously not. (Surely by definition alone).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I was rooting around Technorati Tags for Christianity, and I came across a blog post titled “The Sovereignty of God and Prayer<\/a>” and obviously took to it like a bull to a red rag. It is short and pretty much what you would expect from a blog taglined “Christian Resources for Young Women” (makes you want to vomit already, doesn’t it). Why do the more devout of the religious fools<\/strike> believers have to be so sexist?<\/p>\n

The best bit is the first sentence: (emphasis mine)<\/p>\n

So we believe God is sovereign and he predestines<\/strong> and elects those whom He will save.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kind of makes everything else pointless. At the end there is a link to a post which “answers this” from the Ministry of John Piper<\/a> (cant let the young Christian Ladies try to work things out themselves now, can we?). Sadly, this post is a complete, unadulterated non-answer.<\/p>\n

It is long and rambling. It is full of references to irrelevant sections of the bible and it has the stormy writing style so loved by theists.<\/p>\n

This is how it is summarised:<\/p>\n

In other words, just as God will see to it that His Word is proclaimed as a means to saving the elect, so He will see to it that all those prayers are prayed which He has promised to respond to. I think Paul’s words in Romans 15:18 would apply equally well to his preaching and his praying ministry: “I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles.” Even our prayers are a gift from the one who “works in us that which is pleasing in his sight” (Hebrews 13:21). Oh, how grateful we should be that He has chosen us to be employed in this high service! How eager we should be to spend much time in prayer!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Says it all really.<\/p>\n

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