Conversations Concerning Us

Abstract             When thinking about the knowledge of God or his power, humanity has struggled to find sufficient answers to how God has these attributes. The goal in this discourse is to see if a more modern option is evangelical or not. Open Theism has many proponents and has received significant backlash from its more conservative counterparts. Does Open Theism diminish the knowledge and/ or power of God? To what extent does this occur? The primary focus is to find if one can hold to an open view of God yet remain evangelical and to know if it is a viable option for Christians.   Outline Introduction Understanding Omniscience Defining Omniscience Views of Omniscience Understanding the Openness of God What does Clark Pinnock Believe Critiques Is Pinnock's View Evangelical Conclusion         Introduction           ...

  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 (appr...