How Much of the Future is Settled? How Much is Open? (podcast)

Lighten Up: Good Question August 16, 2013

What is the biblical basis for “free will”? February 5, 2019

Question: Much of your theology depends on a supposed ability humans have to thwart God’s will by our free choices. But what is the biblical basis for your conclusion that people have “freedom”—at least “freedom” in the sense that we can decide to go along with or thwart God’s will for our lives? Answer: Scripture…

How People Misunderstand Open Theism June 18, 2019

Open theism holds that, because agents are free, the future includes possibilities (what agents may and may not choose to do). Since God’s knowledge is perfect, open theists hold that God knows the future partly as a realm of possibilities. This view contrasts with classical theism that has usually held that God knows the future exclusively as a domain…

What God Doesn’t Know (According to W.L.Craig) November 2, 2010

Hello bloggers.  Here’s Part II of my response to Bill Craig’s podcast critique of the open model of providence. As I see it, the central difference between Craig’s position (Molinism) and my own (open theism) boils down to our different assessments of futurity. As I noted in my previous blog, Craig believes that propositions asserting…

Doesn’t the open view demean God’s sovereignty? January 17, 2008

The Open view demeans God’s sovereignty only if one assumes that “sovereignty” means “meticulous control.” By why think this is the way God wants to rule the world? The biblical narrative presents a God who gives humans (and apparently angels) free will, who is flexible and creative in running the world, and who relies at…

Living Into the Future November 12, 2014

Why didn’t God create a “perfect world”? Here’s Greg’s response to that question. See more at The Work of the People.