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Some Early Baptist Confessions of Faith Explicitly Disowned the "Openness" View April 23, 1999 The Second London Confession of Baptists in 1677 (reissued in 1689), in Chapter II, "Of God and the Holy Trinity," paragraph 2, says: "In [God's] sight all things are open and manifest, his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the … Continue reading “07 SOME EARLY BAPTISTS DISOWNED "OPENNESS" VIEW”

Thomas Oden's Charge of Heresy Concerning the Denial of God's Foreknowledge April 8, 1998 The recent articles in Christianity Today (Feb. 9, 1998) by Roger Olson and Timothy George and Thomas Oden intensify the concern that we should have over the teaching of Greg Boyd (especially concerning the foreknowledge of God), professor of theology at … Continue reading “08 THOMAS ODEN'S CHARGE OF HERESY”

Answering Greg Boyd's Openness of God Texts May 11, 1998 #1 Hezekiah's Repentance and 15 Added Years Isa_38:1-5 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not … Continue reading “04 ANSWERING GREG BOYD'S OPENNESS OF GOD TEXTS”

Pastoral Implications of Greg Boyd's View in Dealing with Suffering April 8, 1998 Greg Boyd's view is that God's knowledge of the future and his rule of the future is limited in such a way that one may not say that "a good divine purpose lies behind all particular events" (God at War [Downers Grove: … Continue reading “05 PASTORAL IMPLICATIONS: BOYD'S VIEW OF SUFFERING”

The Enormous Ignorance of God When God Doesn't Know the Future Choices of Man December 2, 1997 In what follows, when I refer to God's knowing I mean his certain knowing, not his extraordinary ability to deduce probabilities from known facts. In the view that I am concerned to understand, namely, the view of Greg … Continue reading “06 THE ENORMOUS IGNORANCE OF GOD”

Is the Glory of God at Stake in God's Foreknowledge of Human Choices? Jonathan Edwards' Response to Gregory Boyd The Jonathan Edwards Institute Evangelicals Seeking the Glory of God July, 1998 If Evangelicals really want to seek and magnify the glory of God, then according to Jonathan Edwards, two things must happen. We must see … Continue reading “02 GOD'S GLORY IN FOREKNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN CHOICES”

Does God Make Mistakes? A Response to Greg Boyd's Treatment of Jer_3:6-7; Jer_3:19-20 March 18, 1999 I deal with Dr. Boyd's interpretation of Jeremiah 3:6-7, 19:20 as an example of the kind of difficulties he gets into, even though he claims to be following a simple, face-value hermeneutic. He gives the impression that, on the … Continue reading “03 DOES GOD MAKE MISTAKES?”

Called According to His Purpose October 13, 1985 Rom_8:28-30 Rom_8:1-39 is one of the goriest chapters in the New Testament. Notice verses 35-36: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, "For thy sake we are … Continue reading “01 CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE”

I Am God Almighty, Be Fruitful and Multiply Raising Children Who Are Confident in God February 25, 1996 Psa_78:1-8 {A Maskil of Asaph.} Listen, O my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, … Continue reading “18 I AM GOD ALMIGHTY, BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY”

Raising Children Who Hope in the Triumph of God May 8, 1988 Eph_6:4 Let's think for a moment about the word "Lord" at the end of Eph_6:4. "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Lord is an extremely exalted title as Paul … Continue reading “16 RAISING CHILDREN WHO HOPE IN THE TRIUMPH OF GOD”