…braces a combination of panentheist metaphysics and an optimistic attitude that God’s eschatological will (an essential desire of God) will necessarily be accomplished in the future, when all evil will be eliminated. This paper fleshes out a practical problem affecting ‘optimisti…
…ne in Judeo-Christian theology, presenting profound insights into the nature of God, the origin of the cosmos, the human condition, and the unfolding of divine redemption. This article explores the theological themes woven throughout Genesis, examining its portrayal of God as Cre…
…6 2.6 Methodology 19 2.7 Conclusion 24 3. PERSONHOOD AND THE LIFE OF THE TRIUNE GOD 25 3.1 Introduction 25 3.2 The immanent and economic Trinity 25 3.3 God in communion 31 3.4 Ontology and experience 37 3.5 Perichoresis 39 3.6 Freedom and nature 43 3.7 Conclusion 50 4. HUMAN PERS…
…t as an intra- Trinitarian event. In doing so he posits a “divine obedience” of God the Son in relation to God the Father, expressed in human form through the obedi- ence and humility of Christ.1 The idea has become a locus classicus for modern Trinitarian theology, as subsequent…
…an Systematic Theology With a Focus on Its Very Practical Dimensions, Including God’s Answers to Our Great Questions of Life—for Now and Eternity Salvation and The Holy Spirit: How Does God Work in My Life? ➢ Can I be sure of my salvation? If so, how? ➢ Who is the Holy Spirit, an…
…, from a Catholic perspective, is understood as a transformative encounter with God that is facilitated by grace and the Holy Spirit. This experience is not merely an intellectual acknowledgment of Christ but involves an affective awareness of his presence and the significance of…
…ts bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God – Rom. 8:21 What is the role of creation in God’s plan of salvation? How are we to understand biblically, theologically, and missionally the relationship between God, ourselves, and the world in w…
… unt the contexts of va rious statem ents. Open Theism views the sovereignty of God as lim ited, an inade quate view that is especially pro minent in the way its advocates handle Romans 9–11. A careful tracing of the reasoning of Rom ans 9 in particular reveals that the open-thei…
…reality – particularly for the debate about so-called (alternative) concepts of God in both philosophy of religion and theology. Despite the substantial differences between scientific theories and concepts of God, or other hypotheses concerning ultimate reality, certain common st…
…n, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plai…
EQ 91.2 (2020), 99–113 Easter through Evil: God’s pleasing purposes in the path to glory Brian J. Orr Brian J. Orr is a PhD Candidate at London School of Theology and lives in Apple Valley, California, USA Key Words: Doctrine of God, Evil, Problem of Evil, Providence, Theodicy I.…
Argumentation DOI 10.1007/s10503-014-9316-4 What’s So Funny About Arguing with God? A Case for Playful Argumentation from Jewish Literature Don Waisanen • Hershey H. Friedman • Linda Weiser Friedman Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 Abstract In this paper, we show th…
…critically discuss an ontological argument that purports to prove not only that God, or a God-like being, exists, but in addition that God’s existence is necessary. This requires turning to a modal logic, S5 in par- ticular, in which the argument is presented. We explain why the …
…:15 AM Page 1 This book is freely available for download at: http://www.desiringgod.org/books/beyond-the-bounds Here is a weighty tract for the times, in which a dozen Reformed scholars survey the “open theism” of Pinnock, Sanders, Boyd, and col- leagues, and find it a confused, …
…ail.’2 The second text, offered in reply to an objection that argues that since God ‘makes always what is best . . . Therefore in things made by God there is no evil,’3 Thomas replies: God and nature and any other agent make what is best in the whole, but not what is best in ever…