1. The podcast defined predestination as “the biblical teaching that God sovereignly chooses, before the foundation of the world, who he will save through his Son Jesus and because of that who will receive eternal life”. This raises questions about free will. Do we have free will if God chooses who will be saved?

2. How did this podcast explain our free will?

3. Do you have trouble embracing predestination? If so, why?

4. Sometimes we talk about predestination as a “secondary issue.” Read Ephesians 1.3-11 again. Do you believe Paul would have considered predestination a “secondary issue?”

5. Rather than treating predestination with skepticism, Paul treats it as something to be praised. Read Ephesians 1.11-14. Why do you think Paul is so filled with praise when talking about predestination?