The Providence Problem
In thinking through God’s Foreknowledge there are three basic approaches. Actually, there are four but the view known as Middle knowledge will not be explored in this post. Name Description Determinism...
View ArticleThe Molinist Speculation
If you were a fan of super-heroes and comic books (and who isn’t) then you might remember the What If series (here is a list of them). For the few of you who don’t know what these are. They explore …...
View ArticleIf Star Wars characters were theologians…
With the anticipation of The Force Awakens now that the trailer is out and Colbert defending the new light saber, I thought it would be fun to see what views various Star Wars characters might hold....
View ArticleOne Does Not Simply Fall Into a Tale: a Reformed Theologian’s take on the...
In his essay on predestination, appearing in Grace for All, I. Howard Marshall compared divine determinism (see this post) to an author writing a script. A concept that was explored in this post using...
View ArticleBook Review: Free Will Revisited by Robert Picirilli
Opening my inbox, I saw an email that caused me to pause. The subject line was Arminian Theology and the author was Robert Picirilli. Expecting anything but an email from the noted theologian of that...
View ArticleThe Third Peacock and Theodicy
In The Third Peacock, Robert Farrar Capon presents the reader with an interesting exploration of the problem of evil in the face of a good God (theodicy). Capon writes with an easy prose that sounds...
View ArticleThe Third Peacock and Providence
This post is the second part of a series looking at The Third Peacock. If you have not already read it, I recommend starting with part 1. The next step in the exploration of theodicy takes us to the...
View ArticleThe Third Peacock and the Incarnation
This post is the third part of a series looking at The Third Peacock. If you have not already read it, I recommend starting with part 1. The introduction of the Incarnation to theodicy in The Third...
View ArticleBlogging thru On the Incarnation: 5 things we learn about Providence
This is part 6 of the series blogging through the book On the Incarnation by Athanasius. You might want to start with part 1 and work your way through the series. In the opening chapter of On the...
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