A call to a new Reformation in the teaching and life of Jesus' followers
Last week in Sunday School we had a big discussion (started by yours truly, I’m afraid) as to whether or not God ever changes his mind. It came out of the account in 1 Sam. 15:11, where God states that “I regret that I have made Saul king…” Our teacher stated “well, we know God can’t really regret anything he did, because God doesn’t change … Continue reading Does God Change? Part 1 of 2
I will preface this post by saying that from a point of discipleship, what I’m about to say is meaningless. It’s also a place where I have no problem if people disagree with me, as long as they are actually considering the foundation of their disagreement. However, it’s a point I’ve encountered in the middle of a variety of discussions on predestination, free will, and … Continue reading Of God and Time
In my last post I criticized Greg Boyd’s otherwise-excellent arguments in “God of the Possible” as giving insufficient attention to God’s sovereignty as an important key to understanding his foreknowledge. I suggested that while Boyd correctly answers his objectors toward the end of the book, by saying that the Open View of God does not diminish–and may in fact enhance–the view of God’s authority, he … Continue reading God’s foreknowledge as a result of his sovereignty
I’ve just finished Greg Boyd’s lay treatise on the Open Theism entitled “God of the Possible.” In the main I think Boyd has laid out an excellent perspective that conforms far more closely to my understanding of Scripture and my observation of the world, than does the classical view that God has exhaustive foreknowledge of a settled future. I definitely recommend the book. However correct … Continue reading The Sovereignty of God
I’m in the middle of Greg Boyd’s excellent book “God of the Possible,” an introduction to the “Open View of God” which I find quite compelling, but which I’m sorry to say some of my Evangelical friends have flatly rejected as heresy. I’ll address the Open View in future posts, but for now I wanted to share a point he makes regarding our interpretation of … Continue reading Insight from Boyd on Bringing Our Presuppositions to Scripture