| Foreword | xiii |
| Preface to the Second Edition | xvii |
| Preface to the First Edition | xxi |
| Part 1 | The Five Points Defined: Their Origin and Contents | |
| Points of Contention | 1 |
| The Protest of the Arminian Party | |
| The Five Points of Arminianism | |
| The Philosophical Basis of Arminianism | |
| A Five-Point Response to Arminianism | |
| Calvinism and Arminianism Compared | 5 |
| The Historical Roots of Each System | 8 |
| The Controversy Between Pelagius and Augustine | |
| Semi-Pelagianism, the Forerunner of Arminianism | |
| Calvinism, the Theology of the Reformation | |
| The Difference Between Calvinism and Arminianism | 13 |
| The One Point of Calvinism | 14 |
| Part 2 | The Five Points Defended: Their Biblical Support | |
| Total Depravity or Total Inability | 18 |
| Spiritual Deadness | |
| Darkened Minds and Corrupt Hearts | |
| Bondage to Sin and Satan | |
| A Universal Bondage | |
| Inability to Change | |
| Unconditional Election | 27 |
| A Chosen People | |
| Election Not Based on Foreseen Responses | |
| Election Precedes Salvation | |
| Sovereign Mercy | |
| Sovereignty over All Things | |
| Particular Redemption or Limited Atonement | 39 |
| Jesus Actually Saves | |
| Jesus Fulfills the Eternal Covenant | |
| How Jesus Died for "All" and Yet for a Particular People | |
| The Efficacious Call of the Spirit or Irresistible Grace | 52 |
| The Spirit Saves | |
| The Spirit Gives New Birth | |
| The Spirit Reveals the Secrets of God | |
| The Spirit Gives Faith and Repentance | |
| The Spirit Effectually Calls | |
| Salvation, Given by a Sovereign God | |
| The Perseverance of the Saints or the Security of Believers | 64 |
| Part 3 | The Five Points Documented: Recommended Reading | |
| Works Broadly on Calvinism and God's Sovereignty | 78 |
| Books Dealing in Whole or in Part with Calvinism or Divine Sovereignty | |
| Articles in Reference Works, Systematic Theologies, Etc. | |
| Information Concerning Creeds and Confessions | |
| Books on the Five Points Individually | 121 |
| Human Inability and the Freedom of the Will | |
| Election and Predestination | |
| The Nature and Extent of the Atonement | |
| Efficacious Grace | |
| The Perseverance of the Saints | |
| Afterword | 139 |
| Appendices | |
| A | A Kinder, Gentler Calvinism | 141 |
| B | Perseverance and Preservation | 147 |
| C | The Meaning of "Foreknew" in Romans 8:29 | 157 |
| D | A Defense of Calvinism | 169 |
| E | The Practical Applications of Calvinism | 187 |
| F | The Practical Importance of the Doctrine [of Predestination] | 199 |
| G | Calvinism and Arminianism Before and After: A Brief Historical Sketch | 205 |
| H | The Cambridge Declaration of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals | 231 |
| Index of Scriptures Quoted | 239 |
| Index of Persons | 243 |
