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If God anticipates each possibility perfectly, how does he differ from the “frozen God” of classical theism?

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…God” of classical theism Answer: My claim is not that God experiences every possibility as if it was the only possibility; its rather that God anticipates every possibility as if it were the only possibility. In my view, God’s actual experience of a possibility once it becomes actual always involves…

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Problems with the Simple Foreknowledge View

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Some have proposed a model of divine foreknowledge which allows them to avoid the dilemma of affirming either that God creates people for the purpose of sending them to hell (Calvinism) or that he creates them without certain knowledge of their fate (open theism). In this alternative view God knows…

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FAQ for Greg Boyd

…the most common misconception regarding Open Theism. I believe God knows everything, including the past, present and future. But I also believe the future is different from the past in that the future contains possibilities while the past is irrevocably settled. So I hold that, precisely because God’s knowledge is…

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Reflecting on Open2013

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T. C. Moore has posted some of his reflections from the Open Theism conference. T. C. was one of several people who pulled this conference together and he did a great job. He’s also incredibly smart and very active in the open view community. Also, he’s a young church planter…

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A New Book and a Dance Party to Celebrate It

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“Open Theism”), on the other. In this book I try to explain, at a “Dick and Jane” level, Quantum Physics, Chaos and Complexity Theory, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, and Relativity Theory. I then argue that, in their own distinctive way, each of these theories encourage us to understand life, creation and even…

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Does Open Theism Sabotage Prayer? (podcast)

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Greg talks about the role of prayer in an open reality. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0861.mp3…

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Podcast: If the Future is Open, How Do You Explain Prophecy?

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Greg considers prophecy through the lens of open theism. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0448.mp3…

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…Paul Eddy (InterVarsity Press 2001). • God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God (Baker, 2000). • God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict, Vol. 1, Satan and Evil Series (InterVarsity, 1997). • Contributor to Trinity in Process: A Relational Theology of God, eds….

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How do you respond to Exodus 4:11?

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…Conflict (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996), chapters VI–VIII. In God’s Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism (Crossway, 2000), Bruce Ware critiques the open view on the grounds that it cannot provide comfort to believers who suffer because it does not affirm that their suffering is part of…

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It turns out I’m a Mennonite!

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…on Open Theism, and even that was enthusiastically received. I had eight people (I counted) who told me they’d basically always thought this way but just didn’t have a name for it. It confirmed something John Roth had told me: most Mennonites are Open Theists but simply don’t know it….

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The Significance of God’s Infinitude

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…I’ll just touch on it here. If you’ve read any of the popular books critiquing Open Theism, you’ll quickly come across the objection that a believer can’t trust a limited God who faces a partly open future. If God faces a future partly comprised of possibilities, the refrain goes, then…

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Myth of a Christian Religion Endorsements and Reviews

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…depicting Jesus washing the feet of Osama Bin Laden. Boyd himself is somewhat of a controversial figure among Evangelicals. While he deplores activists who masquerade right-wing politics behind a flimsy cloak of Christianity and is a leading voice of open theism (the view that the future is open and therefore…

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My Review of “The Adjustment Bureau”

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…of Open Theism thus far have not: that is, only a chairman with limited intelligence would need to, or want to, have a plan with an exhaustively settled future.) 3) One of the things I loved most about TAB was its understanding that every free decision humans (and AB agents)…

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Last Minute Preparations

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…and the journey she’s been on. This conference is going to be very different from other Open Theism gatherings in the past. It’s going to involve a lot of collaboration and dreaming and asking good questions of one another. We hope it will result in some energy and direction for…

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A Calvinist and an Arminian walk into a bar…

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Theism should be included under the broader umbrella of Arminianism, you can just substitute “Open Theist” where you see “Arminian” and it won’t make a bit of difference. Here’s a snippet of the conversation from Roger’s post: Arminian: “How does God love those he predestined, foreordained, to hell?” Calvinist: “He…

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A Review of a Review of Benefit of the Doubt

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…why he draws this dire conclusion, but perhaps we get a glimpse of his motivation when he, in the next line, states: A vegetarian, environmentalist, and active exponent of evolution who believes in Open Theism, Boyd belongs to a sub-genre of postmodern theologians who, like Rob Bell, author of last…

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The Impossible Command of God

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…boring. Perhaps on some level you suspect your time might be better spent if we were discussing hot topics like the end times, gay marriage, abortion, open theism, church growth strategies, or something of the sort. Our addiction to information inclines us toward mentally stimulating material that requires no sacrifice…

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The God Who Over-Knows The Future

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…the variables. Hence it is tempting to project our experience upon God and assume that God must face similar difficulties. Those who criticize Open Theism often assume that God (like a finite human) can be assured of ultimate victory only if he controls all the variables. Hence, they criticize a…

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IX Contemporary Science, Free Will and Time

…of Creation V Theology: Open View of the Future (Open Theism) VIII Philosophy: Defenses of Libertarian Free Will/Indeterminism VIII Philosophy: The Nature of Time/ the Future Quantum Theory G. Boyd, The Cosmic Dance (ReKnew, forthcoming) 2 J. T. Cushing, E. McMullin, Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory (Notre Dame: University of…

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What Does God Foreknow About Human Free Will in Heaven? (podcast)

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…And I don’t think that’s fore-known. I think God just knows every possibility of what we’ll choose. I’m not going to go into the whole Open Theism debate. I think we’ve been around that block too many times. So if you want to read up on it, read _________ Apostles,…

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