Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. Hard words indeed. But they remain, for all our explanations, God's words. Through lively conversations, this book seeks to understand the liberty of God. An excellent introduction to the doctrine of God's sovereignty in salvation. (paper) Chapters 1. Can Salvation Be Lost? 2. Can Christ Lose a Christian? 3. Ideas Have Consequences 4. Carnal Reasoning 5. Is God the Author of Sin? 6. Controlled Freedom 7. Potters and Pots 8. Election 9. Gifts and Wages 10. Definite Atonement 11. Regeneration 12. Death in Sin 13. All Men? 14. Is Anything Too Hard for God? 15. Two Kinds of Freedom 16. God in the Dock 17. Study and Work 18. Systematics 19. Hard Mercies 20. Conclusion