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Podcast: If God Has ‘Infinite Intelligence,’ Wouldn’t He Also Necessarily Have Exhaustive Foreknowledge
Greg discusses the relationship between God’s intelligence and his foreknowledge.
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Tags: Divine Foreknowledge, Foreknowledge
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