Category Archives: Open Theism

calvinist lies

Posted on May 26, 2013 by christopher fisher

From Norman Geisler’s Creating God in the Image of Man (p 87): Proponents of the new theism assert that “God repents in a variety of circumstances.”… However this allegation overlooks several important things. For one thing Genesis 6:6 does not … Continue reading →

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made in the image of God

Posted on April 6, 2013 by christopher fisher

Is it that hard to believe we physically appear like God? After all, doesn’t a father who has a son want his son to resemble him? Genesis 1:26-27 is telling mankind that we are not God’s hamsters. We have value. God, when he looks at us, sees himself. We are made in the image of God. Continue reading →

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abimelech changes God’s mind

Posted on January 29, 2013 by christopher fisher

We learn from Genesis 20 that pagan kings can reason with God and change God’s mind. Continue reading →

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John Eldredge “sometimes I like writing nonsense”

Posted on September 16, 2012 by christopher fisher

“As with every relationship, there’s a certain amount of unpredictability, and the ever-present likelihood that you’ll get hurt. The ultimate risk anyone ever takes is to love, for as C. S. Lewis says, “Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.” But God does give it, again and again and again, until he is literally bleeding from it all. God’s willingness to risk is just astounding—far beyond what any of us would do were we in his position.” Continue reading →

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intro to paul v the platonists

Posted on April 4, 2012 by christopher fisher

The Apostle Paul wrote his epistles between 50 and 60 AD. By this time Platonism had already been infused into both secular culture and popular religion. Both Paul’s writing and the writings of the other Apostles reveal a world entrenched in Platonic philosophy. Paul establishes a stern warning against the philosophy of the day Continue reading →

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michael servetus was a calvinist

Posted on October 21, 2011 by christopher fisher

It is a great tragedy that Michael Servetus was executed and that the execution was followed up with the attempt to wipe his works from history. But Servetus, for all his good, was another mold of Calvinist, an even more consistent Calvinist than are alive today. Continue reading →

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God’s omniscience – a rope of sand

Posted on May 20, 2011 by christopher fisher

…to be actual evidence these verses must demonstrate not only that God knows the future but that he does so in such a way distinguishable from me knowing that I will go to work tomorrow. [They]..must demonstrate that God knows the future in a way distinguishable from the way Austrian economists knew the price of gold would skyrocket after price controls were lifted. Continue reading →

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Calvinism defeated in two verses

Posted on November 10, 2010 by christopher fisher

The Calvinists are at a dilemma. Either they need now to explain away the plain reading of these two verses, endorse an illogical view, or reject Calvinism. Continue reading →

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95 Open Theism verses

Posted on November 9, 2010 by christopher fisher

95 verses on Open Theism or on Free Will Continue reading →

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answering Calvinists redux

Posted on October 4, 2010 by christopher fisher

A strong theme surrounding questions that Calvinists ask is that they do not reference the Bible, ask for answers concerning Bible verses, or have anything to do with the written word of God. It is almost like Calvinism is a pagan religion. Continue reading →

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