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open theism

Does Open Theism Have an Advantage in Explaining Evil?

February 7, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: open theism, problem of evil

Is Preachability at the Gates of Auschwitz a Proper Measure for Good Theology?

February 8, 2019 by Randal

On several occasions, I have seen Arminians make the following objection to Calvinism: if you can’t preach this to those who suffer, you shouldn’t believe it. Here’s an example from Roger Olson: “Someone has said that no theology is worth believing that cannot be preached standing in front of the gates of Auschwitz. I, for one, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: arminianism, Auschwitz, Calvinism, open theism, pastoral theology, providence

Why I’m grateful for open theism (even though I’m not an open theist)

November 17, 2017 by Randal

A few years ago I heard a lady speak on the devastating experience of losing her son. As the extraordinarily painful narrative unfolded, she described how her faith had faltered on the rock of divine foreknowledge. And she recounted the central question she faced: how could she worship a god who foreknew and — by […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: open theism, problem of evil, problem of suffering, theology

Why John Sanders won the Unbelievable Debate on Open Theism and Heresy

May 23, 2016 by Randal

The most recent episode of “Unbelievable” featured a debate between open theist John Sanders and Calvinist James White. All in all it was a good exchange, although White tended to offer potted criticisms of open theism and I found Sanders had an effective reply to many of his points. All in all a very worthwhile primer […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Calvinism, doctrine, heresy, James White, John Sanders, Justin Brierley, open theism, orthodoxy, providence, Unbelievable

Meticulous Providence, Open Theism, and Twittery: A response to Greg Boyd

November 6, 2015 by Randal

The other day I came across this tweet by Greg Boyd (courtesy of a Justin Brierley retweet). The tweet consists of an advertising graphic for the upcoming film God’s Not Dead 2 accompanied with Boyd’s wry twittery. What’s “twittery”, you ask? I coined the term to refer to the following: twittery. n. “pithy statements which […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Greg Boyd, meticulous providence, open theism, twitter, twittery

62. Paul Helm on God, Time, and Eternity

February 27, 2015 by Randal

Augustine famously commented on the nature of time, “What, then, is time? If no one ask of me, I know; if I wish to explain to him who asks, I know not.” Augustine isn’t alone: the nature of time remains among the most difficult and controverted topics in classic metaphysics. In that respect, it shares […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: God, interview, open theism, Paul Helm, podcast, providence, theism, theology, time

“Heresy” and Christian Publishing

July 29, 2011 by Randal

This week I heard from a very intelligent and respected senior member of the evangelical community in North America. Let’s call this individual Quentin (not the individual’s real name). Quentin has written a manuscript defending a Christian form of universalism, one that upholds the authority of scripture, the atoning work of Christ and all the other essentials. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Christian publishing, evangelicalism, heresy, open theism, orthodoxy, universalism

Is God impotent in open theism?

July 26, 2011 by Randal

davidstarlingm explains further why he believes open theism is heretical: it replaces the omniscience of God with a deity whose power is more acceptable to humanity. Broadly defined, open theism attempts to solve the problem of evil by declaring that the future does not yet exist in the mind of God; that God is, in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: heresy, open theism, orthodoxy

What do we mean when we call something “heresy”?

July 22, 2011 by Randal

Yesterday Davidstarlingm made the following statement concerning open theism: Open Theism is dangerous because it is very attractive and yet wholly heretical. It is attractive because it offers an explanation for difficult questions without openly contradicting any of the surface components of easy-believism Christianity. It is heretical because it produces a man-centered gospel and a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: heresy, heterodoxy, open theism, orthodoxy

Inerrancy faces anti-trinitarians, open theists and holocaust deniers

April 7, 2011 by Randal

Ever since its founding the Evangelical Theological Society has required a core confession of its members: the inerrancy of scripture in the autographs. Then they discovered (in the early 80s as I recall) that non-trinitarian oneness people had infiltrated their ranks. It would seem that confession of inerrancy does not ensure that one will come […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: anti-semitism, Bruce Ware, Clark Pinnock, ETS, inerrancy, Michael Shermer, open theism, Raul Hilberg, Trinitarianism

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