Term

voluntary choices

Also known as Willing choices

Choices made in accord with one's desires without awareness of restraint or compulsion.

Filed underAnthropology & Hamartiology

Definition

Choices that are made in accord with our desires, with no awareness of restraint or compulsion.

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Sources

  1. 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 16B.3Original citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 16B.3.

Last revised August 14, 2026