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Pharaoh

Did God really harden Pharaoh’s heart?

June 14, 2014 by Randal

I raised the issue in “Why did God harden Pharaoh’s heart? On the failure of a popular apologetic response“. As I said there; “if God is perfectly good, why would he act upon the will of a human being to lead that human being to engage in an act of evil?” That is, why would […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divine action, Exodus, God, hardening heart, Pharaoh, problem of evil, providence, theology

Why a perfect God might have hardened Pharaoh’s heart

June 11, 2014 by Randal

In “Why did God harden Pharaoh’s heart? On the failure of a popular apologetic response” I noted the theological and ethical problems that arise with God acting upon Pharaoh (i.e. “hardening his heart”) so that he will act in an evil and unwise manner. The question, as I noted, is simple: “if God is perfectly good, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bible, divine action, Pharaoh, problem of evil, providece, theology

Why did God harden Pharaoh’s heart? On the failure of a popular apologetic response

June 10, 2014 by Randal

It is a well known problem. The book of Exodus describes God hardening Pharaoh’s heart on several occasions. For example, “But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.” (Exodus 9:12) The problem is obvious: if God is perfectly good, why […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, divine action, free will, God, hardening heart, Pharaoh, problem of evil, providence

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