God S Foreknowledge And Man S Free Will

Author : Richard Rice
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592446766

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God's Foreknowledge and Man's Free Will by Richard Rice Pdf

This book is a thought-provoking study of some issues concerning the historic Calvinist/Arminian debate. Does God know absolutely everything that's going to happen? Can He foresee future moral choices and actions which have not yet been made? If one's future responses and behavior are totally foreknowable, is she truly free? Dr. Richard Rice explores these and other fascinating questions which have sometimes divided Christians. The author gives new perspective on one of the most fundamental issues of the Christian faith: the relationship of God to His creation and the reality and extent of human freedom. Carefully scrutinizing the Scriptures on this subject, the author challenges the reader to examine for himself this critical issue of theology. With strong theological background and sound biblical scholarship, Dr. Rice presents his viewpoint in a convincing and readable style.

Author : Richard Rice
Publisher : Bethany House Pub
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0871238454

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God's Foreknowledge & Man's Free Will by Richard Rice Pdf

Discusses the biblical view of the omniscience of God and examines the extent of humanity's freedom to make moral decisions

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004092501

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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom by William Lane Craig Pdf

The ancient problem of fatalism, more particularly theological fatalism, has resurfaced with surprising vigour in the second half of the twentieth century. Two questions predominate in the debate: (1) Is divine foreknowledge compatible with human freedom and (2) How can God foreknow future free acts? Having surveyed the historical background of this debate in "The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge" and "Future Contingents from Aristotle to Suarez" (Brill: 1988), William Lane Craig now attempts to address these issues critically. His wide-ranging discussion brings together a thought- provoking array of related topics such as logical fatalism, multivalent logic, backward causation, precognition, time travel, counterfactual logic, temporal necessity, Newcomb's Problem, middle knowledge, and relativity theory. The present work serves both as a useful survey of the extensive literature on theological fatalism and related fields and as a stimulating assessment of the possibility of divine foreknowledge of future free acts.

Author : Bennett George Johns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : BL:A0021522708

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God's Foreknowledge and Man's Free Will by Bennett George Johns Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : BL:A0022227255

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The Divine Foreknowledge by Anonim Pdf

Author : William L. Craig
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579103163

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The Only Wise God by William L. Craig Pdf

Does God know our actions before we do them? And if so, do human beings truly have free will? Dr. Craig contends that both of these notions are compatible, showing how the Bible teaches divine foreknowledge of human free acts, and reveals two ways of Òreconciling divine omniscience with human freedomÓ.

Author : John Martin Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199311293

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Our Fate by John Martin Fischer Pdf

'Our Fate' collects John Martin Fischer's previously published articles on the relationship between God's foreknowledge and human freedom. The book includes a substantial new introductory essay that puts all of the chapters into a cohesive framework, and presents a bold new account of God's foreknowledge of free actions in a causally indeterministic world.

Author : Robert E. Picirilli
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532618468

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Free Will Revisited by Robert E. Picirilli Pdf

Whether man has free will continues to be a hot topic among Bible teachers and theologians. After defining the issues involved, from both a worldview and a biblical standpoint, this work devotes three chapters to exploring the single-volume treatments against free will by the great theologians Luther, Calvin, and Edwards. The author then responds to the major issues involved in their objections to free will: foreknowledge and necessity, human depravity and the grace of God, the sovereignty and all-encompassing providence of God, and Edwards's rationalistic argument. In each instance, the doctrine of free will, rightly understood, is in full and biblical accord with these concerns. A concluding chapter summarizes and expresses the bottom-line differences in the doctrine of salvation between the Arminian and the Calvinistic wings of reformed theology.

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4D1V

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Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

Author : R. C. Sproul
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414361147

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Chosen by God by R. C. Sproul Pdf

Nearly 200,000 copies sold! Chosen by God by Dr. R. C. Sproul is a contemporary classic on predestination, a doctrine that isn’t just for Calvinists. It is a doctrine for all biblical Christians. In this updated and expanded edition of Chosen by God, Sproul shows that the doctrine of predestination doesn’t create a whimsical or spiteful picture of God, but rather paints a portrait of a loving God who provides redemption for radically corrupt humans. We choose God because he has opened our eyes to see his beauty; we love him because he first loved us. There is mystery in God’s ways, but not contradiction.

Author : J. THICKINS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : BL:A0023904071

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Prescience; or, the Foreknowledge of God, consistent with the Free-Agency of Man by J. THICKINS Pdf

Author : Gordon C. Olson
Publisher : Aletheia Pursuits International
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Foreknowledge of God by Gordon C. Olson Pdf

"And now with all due respect to those who honestly and prayerfully differ, I must commit the whole investigation to God, with the conviction that I have sought only His glory in it all, that He might withhold any false statements from the full comprehension of the reader, and magnify what truths are herein presented. We are before our great Maker as but dust, and know so little of His greatness, who has declared, "there shall no man see Me, and live." It must also be borne in mind that I am only endeavoring to present evidence to show that the doctrine of absolute foreknowledge lacks proof, and not to establish another doctrine in its place. Evidently fuller evidence is required to establish a new doctrine, than to simply refute the old one. It would certainly be a basis of fellowship if the brethren of the Lord would merely express a doubt on the doctrine of the absolute foreknowledge of God, and cease to regard it as a fundamental part of revelation—as indeed must have been the position of the Apostolic Church." -Preface

Author : David Basinger,Randall Basinger
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830876596

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Predestination & Free Will by David Basinger,Randall Basinger Pdf

If God is in control, are people really free? This question has bothered Christians for centuries. And answers have covered a wide spectrum. Today Christians still disagree. Those who emphasize human freedom view it as a reflection of God's self-limited power. Others look at human freedom in the order of God's overall control. David and Randall Basinger have put this age-old question to four scholars trained in theology and philosophy. John Feinberg of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Norman Geisler of Dallas Theological Seminary focus on God's specific sovereignty. Bruce Reichenbach of Augsburg College and Clark Pinnock of McMaster Divinity College insist that God must limit his control to ensure our freedom. Each writer argues for his perspective and applies his theory to two practical case studies. Then the other writers respond to each of the major essays, exposing what they see as fallacies and hidden assumptions. A lively and provocative volume.

Author : Collin Hansen,Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780593193570

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Gospelbound by Collin Hansen,Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra Pdf

A profound exploration of how to hold on to hope when our unchanging faith collides with a changing culture, from two respected Christian storytellers and thought leaders. “Offers neither spin control nor image maintenance for the evangelical tribe, but genuine hope.”—Russell Moore, president of ERLC As the pressures of health warnings, economic turmoil, and partisan politics continue to rise, the influence of gospel-focused Christians seems to be waning. In the public square and popular opinion, we are losing our voice right when it’s needed most for Christ’s glory and the common good. But there’s another story unfolding too—if you know where to look. In Gospelbound, Collin Hansen and Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra counter these growing fears with a robust message of resolute hope for anyone hungry for good news. Join them in exploring profound stories of Christians who are quietly changing the world in the name of Jesus—from the wild world of digital media to the stories of ancient saints and unsung contemporary activists on the frontiers of justice and mercy. Discover how, in these dark times, the light of Jesus shines even brighter. You haven’t heard the whole story. And that’s good news.

Author : Clark H. Pinnock
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 031051231X

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The Grace of God, the Will of Man by Clark H. Pinnock Pdf

"The Grace of God, the Will of Man: A Case for Arminianism" was written by an impressive team of evangelical scholars from many traditions. This work carries on the ancient debate about the scope of God's saving purposes and the manner of his effecting salvation in human beings. It defends the proposition that God is a dynamic personal Agent who respects the freedom he chose to delegate to his human creatures and relates sensitively to us in the outworking of his plans for the whole of history. God is love and expresses his power by working salvation among us under conditions of genuine mutuality. The contributors to this volume are Christian scholars who are eager to present this evangelical model as an alternative to deterministic theology. They do not claim to have said the last word on the subject but want at least to keep the ball of theological discussion in play.