The argumentative essay requires that each student follows the guidelines and select one option listed below. The argumentative essay will engage at least one serious theory we have discussed in this class, state the student's response to this theory, and provide an argument that justifies the student's response.
The final version should be 1200 to 1800 words (approximately 4-6 pages).
Argumentative essay topics and deadlines (choose one of the following):
(1) Defend or reject the thesis that every human person will be saved according to Christian principles.
(2) Defend or reject the theory that predestination interrupts free will and argue for which should be the case for Christianity. (3) Defend what Christians should mean by 1 Tim 2:3-4, "This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (NAB)