A Primer on "Free Will"

Andy Naselli has a good article on Ref 21 dealing with this issue. I think it's important for all Christians to think through this topic Biblically. He begins his piece with this:

Non-Christians and Christians alike often give the same answer to difficult questions like these: Why did God allow sin in the first place? Why does God save some people and not others? Why does God send people to hell? Why can living like a Christian be so frustrating? The immediate solution often suggested is simple: "free will." To many people, it's a satisfying answer: "Oh, that makes sense. Yeah, God does x because he has to preserve my free will. Yeah, OK. Next question." I'd like to suggest that we re-think this important issue.

Read the whole thing.