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predestination

30. Roger Olson on Calvinism and Arminianism

January 1, 2014 by Randal

Twenty years ago when I took a university course in contemporary theology, my main textbook was Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson’s modern classic 20th Century Theology. Since then I have profited from reading several of Professor Olson’s books. So it was a real thrill to have him on The Tentative Apologist Podcast. Professor Olson is the Foy Valentine […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: arminianism, Calvinism, election, predestination, providence, Roger Olson, theology

Predestination. Biblical and Theological Paths: A Review

October 18, 2013 by Randal

Matthew Levering. Predestination: Biblical and Theological Paths (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 228. $110 (£ 63). ISBN 978-0-19-960452-4 In recent years the perennial debate over predestination has moved centre stage in North American Protestantism with the rise of the so-called “New Calvinism”. Unfortunately that debate is typically restricted to the relatively narrow dogmatic confines […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Calvinism, God, Matthew Levering, predestination, providence, review, theology, Thomism

Does God ‘rape the will’ to save people from hell?

June 6, 2011 by Randal

“Irresistible force used by God on his free creatures would be a violation of both the charity of God and the dignity of humans. God is love. True love never forces itself on anyone. Forced love is rape, and God is not a divine rapist!” (Norman Geisler, “God knows all Things,” Predestination and Free Will, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: foreknowledge, free will, God, hell, Norman Geisler, predestination, providence, rape

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