Here is a 2025 podcast on different Christian views regarding whether salvation extends to people who’ve never heard of Jesus. I first say that there is no single Christian view on the topic and it is not heresy to disagree with another view. I then lay out the two principles that most Christians have used […]
If jellyfish worshipped God, their Nicene Creed would not say they “look forward” to the resurrection of the dead because their bodies lack fronts and backs. Nor would they speak of meeting “face to face” with God.
Short summary of Open Theism
Overview of and arguments in support of open theism. Key issues that have been raised in evangelicalism
Jazz is a good illustration of what God’s relationship to us is like.
Overview of open theism from 2021.
Many thinkers believe we must begin our reflections on God with the concept of being as a a box into which all existing things are placed. This results in many problems. However, we can begin our reflections on God in a different place.
This talk uses cognitive linguistics which affirms the embodied mind approach gaining ground in cognitive science to consider natural kinds. The claim is that humans use a basic mental tool set grounded in our sensorimotor capacities to reason about entities we interact with in our environment. The specific nature of the human body is key to understanding how humans cognize. I will examine several of these tools and show how they are used to construe natural kinds as well as God.
Ways open theists interpret biblical predictions. I’ve written in The God Who Risks that most biblical prophecies do not contain predictions of future events. Prophecies are most often about challenging people to walk the path of God. Yet, there are statements in the Bible that predict or seem to predict specific future events. These passages […]
I am who I am is a promise to be with Moses and the people, not an abstract philosophical statement.
Embracing ProdigalsJanuary 6, 2022 - 8:04 pm
Theology in the FleshMay 20, 2016 - 1:29 am
The God Who Risks: A Theology of Divine ProvidenceMarch 14, 2016 - 7:35 pm
No Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the UnevangelizedMarch 13, 2016 - 7:29 pm
What About Those Who Have Never Heard?March 12, 2016 - 5:25 pm