Category Archives: Open Theism

paul contradicts the idolaters

Posted on September 12, 2013 by christopher fisher

In this YouTube video, NT Wright has a very interesting section (@12:00 point) in which he identifies Paul’s clear teaching that mankind is made in the image of God: In every city that Paul visited, he first went to the … Continue reading →

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omnipotence – full of contradictions

Posted on September 9, 2013 by christopher fisher

In college I sent a copy of a draft manuscript to one Christian girl in order for her review. Being remote, she and I began instant messaging each other about the text of the script. In the text I had … Continue reading →

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genesis introduces man to God

Posted on September 7, 2013 by christopher fisher

When people pick up a Bible for the first time, they open to Genesis 1:1: Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The first sentence that man reads is an affirmation that God created the … Continue reading →

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I AM is the relational name of God

Posted on September 4, 2013 by christopher fisher

By Craig Fisher It is well to have specifically holy places, and things, and days, for, without these focal points or reminders, the belief that all is holy and “big with God” will soon dwindle into a mere sentiment. But … Continue reading →

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walter brueggemann on how the old testament defines God

Posted on September 4, 2013 by christopher fisher

From Walter Brueggemann’s Theology of the Old Testament: Israel’s characteristic adjectival vocabulary about Yahweh is completely lacking in terms that have dominated classical theology, such as omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. This sharp contrast suggested that classical theology, insofar as it is … Continue reading →

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names in the book of life

Posted on September 2, 2013 by christopher fisher

It is an often touted Calvinist point to claim that people, individuals, have had their names written in the Book of Life before even the world began. It is comforting for some Christians to see themselves as eternally chosen, elect. … Continue reading →

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negative theology

Posted on August 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

Negative theology is a theology in which God is said to only be known through attributes that separate him from this world. Per Act and Being: It is a dogma whose truth is almost everywhere stated or assumed that the … Continue reading →

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God and his testimony

Posted on August 19, 2013 by christopher fisher

Greeks appear to stress a theology of divine being, Hebrews of divine action… there is a tendency to identify the divine attributes by a list of ‘omni’s’ and negatives – omnipotent, omniscience, omnipresent, infinite, eternal, and the rest – and … Continue reading →

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proxy sins

Posted on August 16, 2013 by christopher fisher

In the modern world, people sometimes attempt to claim that they are not sinning because the sin is removed a few levels from their action, although their action is causing the sin. If a scientist builds a virus knowing it … Continue reading →

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the origin of impeccability

Posted on August 14, 2013 by christopher fisher

Impeccability is the doctrine that God (and/or) Jesus “could not” sin, as opposed to “did not” sin. There is a distinction. In one model God and Jesus are incapable of sinning and in the other model God and Jesus choose … Continue reading →

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