Conversations Concerning Us

 Have you ever taken a deep look at your life and thought, "I am just plain terrible at living for Christ. At ever turn, I find myself falling prey to my same weaknesses and/ or allowing physical pains to grab hold of me." If you have had these thoughts (or something similar) then you are in good company. Most Christians (and people in general I think) tend to be hypercritical of themselves. Sometimes it is for good reason and other times it is not. But I think in the writings of Paul we have a good guide to these kinds of situations. In 2 Corinthians 12, Paul writes about a thorn in the flesh that he had prayed would leave him a few times. This thorn was presumably some sort of physical ailment. In verse 9 he gives this description of the answer he got regarding his healing,      "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ

 I have been struggling to maintain a level of consistency with my writing. With that said, I had an idea that might be of interest to some. This idea is not a new one but may spark inspiration, not only in personal development, but also in others interest in their own ideas. My idea was to start a new series of writings called (thoughts?) Diary of an Apologist. The name of it is not of great importance at this point. The important point is that it will be content delivered in a more consistent manner, be of personal thoughts on certain areas, and hopefully initiate the development of new arguments, theological insights, or just general edification of readers. If this idea sounds good please feel free to comment. I am also willing to make this a joint venture where others can join in and write their personal thoughts on topics they enjoy also. I want this to be an adventure and a chance to develop as thoughtful Christians. Will you join me on this journey?

Introduction              Within the confines of these pages will be the attempt at explicating a personal construal of how God relates to time. Subsequently, there must be an understanding of how this relationship to time will affect God’s knowledge. Before delving into the meat of the topic, it should be noted that there are far too many avenues, potential objections, and other areas on which this paper will not focus. The goal is to delineate areas where a conclusion is accepted without providing an extremely evidential case for why it is accepted. The intent is not to construct an evidentially weak view of God, time, and knowledge. However, it would be an impossible task to cover every bit of ground in short prose such as this. Therefore, just a few assumptions will be listed here (which may be defended to varying degrees throughout): (1) time is assumed to be dynamic, (2) God possesses ALL possible knowledge (approach defined later), (3) even if there are difficulties in the vie