Search Results: David%20D.%20Flowers
What is the significance of 1 Samuel 23:9–13?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Open Theism, Q&A
Topics: Open Theism
Verse: 1 Samuel 23
“David heard that Saul knew that he was hiding in Keliah. Saul was seeking to kill David, so David wisely consulted the Lord as to what he should do. David said, ‘O Lord, the God of Israel, your servant has heard that Saul seeks to come to Keliah, to destroy…
Why Did God Heal or Not?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Faith, healing, Sickness, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Faith & Doubt, The Problem of Evil
In 1996 a 27-year-old man in my church named David was diagnosed with an inoperable brain cancer. The doctors decided to send David to the Mayo Clinic to receive some experimental treatments on the slim hope these might at least prolong his life. The night before David left, I and…
Psalm 139 and David’s “ordained days”
Category: General
…is about God’s intimate knowledge of David when he’s growing in the womb — not about God’s foreknowledge of David’s life — I would argue it’s more reasonable to favor the translation that has God pre-recording David’s body parts. If so, David is simply expressing God’s loving care in making…
How do you respond to 2 Samuel 16:10?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Q&A, Responding to Calvinism
Topics: Providence, Predestination and Free Will, Responding to Objections
Verse: 2 Samuel 16
David says of Shimei’s cursing him, “If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’” Some compatibilists cite this text to suggest that David regarded evil deeds, including cursing, as taking place in accordance with the sovereign will…
Category: General
…different experiences as Christians working in the White House. David headed up Bush’s Faith Based Initiative and Tony Hall is a Congressman and heads up the Foreign Aid committee. David’s political experience was in the end quite negative and has led him to stress the importance of Christians making a…
Doesn’t Psalms 139:16 refute the Open View of the future?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Q&A, Responding to Calvinism
Topics: Providence, Predestination and Free Will
Verse: Psalm 139
…whole passage is about God’s intimate knowledge of David when he’s growing in the womb — not about God’s foreknowledge of David’s life — it seems much more reasonable to favor the translation that has God pre-recording David’s body parts. If so, David is simply expressing God’s loving care in…
Doesn’t Psalm 139:16 refute the open view of the future?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Open Theism, Q&A
Topics: Open Theism
Verse: Psalm 139
…whole passage is about God’s intimate knowledge of David when he’s growing in the womb — not about God’s foreknowledge of David’s life — it seems much more reasonable to favor the translation that has God pre-recording David’s body parts. If so, David is simply expressing God’s loving care in…
My Review of “The Adjustment Bureau”
Category: General
Tags: Pop Culture, Reviews
David (Matt Damon) meets Elise (Emily Blunt) and their attraction is instant and powerful. Consequently, David becomes determined to pursue a relationship with her. Unfortunately, some mysterious men in suits and hats who possess bizarre powers keep showing up, and they are determined to keep the couple apart. These are…
When God Endorsed Polygamy
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Cruciform Theology, God
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
…blessed David with multiple wives—indeed, with the wives that once belonged to his “master,” Saul—implying that Yahweh was the one who took them from Saul. Along the same lines, when it was time to announce David’s punishment, the Lord is depicted as saying through Nathan: Out of your own household…
David Flowers on the Theo Graff Podcast
Category: General
Tags: David Flowers, T.C. Moore, THEO GRAFF PODCAST
Our friend David Flowers was interviewed by T. C. Moore for the Theo Graff Podcast. David floated onto our radar a couple of years ago and we hope you’ll check him out. He has a keen mind and a passionate heart for the Kingdom of God. You can find T….
Is homosexual love without homoerotic behavior okay for a Christian?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Q&A, Sexuality, Sin
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Relationships, Sin
…one another. At one point Scripture says: “So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, ‘May the LORD call David’s enemies to account.’ And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself” (I Sam 20:16-17). Then,…
God’s Way of War
Category: General
Tags: God, Non-Violence, Old Testament, War
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
…Chron. 21). Despite the fact that Yahweh is frequently depicted as helping David successfully wage war against the Philistines and other threatening nations, he nevertheless refused to allow David to build his temple because, he said, “you are a warrior” who has “shed much blood on the earth in my…
God’s Non-Violent Ideal in the OT
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Nationalism, Non-Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
…no trust in military might. Along these lines, David was punished precisely because he gave into Satan’s temptation to calculate how much military power he had (1 Chron. 21). It’s also interesting to note that, despite the fact that Yahweh is frequently depicted as helping David successfully wage war against…
How do you respond to John 13:18–19; 17:12?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Open Theism, Q&A
Topics: Open Theism, Responding to Objections
Verse: John 13, John 17
…is the supreme illustration of a betrayal of God’s servant. As a friend betrayed David, so Judas betrayed the Son of David. This use of the term “fulfilled” may sound odd to modern western people, but it would not have sounded odd to first century Jews. It was a form…
The Patriot’s Bible — Really?
Category: General
Tags: Book Reviews, Idolatry, National Idolatry, Patriot's Bible, Political Idolatry
…Frederick Douglas. Really? The link between David’s census and American soldiers is tenuous enough, (couldn’t this be applied to soldiers from every nation?) but what’s even stranger is that this is an account of David disobeying God. He was not to place his trust in warriors but to trust God,…
An Interesting and Fun Time at URI
Category: General
…especially appreciated the fact that, despite David’s position at the University and in the community, there isn’t a hint of self-importance in this family. David is a man of vision if ever there was one and I’m certain he’s going to do a fantastic job leading URI into the future….
The Testimony of Life and Death
Category: General
Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Compassion, David Kuo, Death, Evangelism, Politics
David Kuo was a friend of ours. He was a passionate voice calling the church away from political division and calling us towards compassionate engagement. He succumbed to brain cancer this last week after a ten year struggle with the disease. Andrew Sullivan attended David’s funeral and reflected on David’s…
Trusting in a King = Rejecting God
Category: General
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
…descendants the throne “forever” (I Sam. 13:13), he now “regretted” making him king and therefore took it from him and gave it to David (I Sam. 15:11). David, for his part, is depicted as a much more godly king than Saul. Indeed, he was remembered as “a man after God’s…
Reviewing the Reviews: Derek Flood
Category: General
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Derek Flood, Disarming Scripture, Reviews
…understand why I would view him as advocating a version of the dismissal solution. In part 3 Derek continues his review up through the first two chapters of volume II. Referring to a portrait of God orchestrating the public raping of David’s wives as punishment for David, Derek correctly notes…
Satan or God: Who Tempted David to Sin?
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology
The author of 2 Samuel says that Yahweh caused David to sin by taking a census of his military personnel (2 Sam 24:1) while the author of 1 Chronicles attributes this temptation to Satan (1 Chr 21:1). It is clear that the author of 2 Samuel had no problem accepting…