Can BOTH God AND God's People Exert Power in Creation? Digging in to Thomas Oord's New Book
Release Date: 02/24/2024
Is Open Theism the Only View that Makes Sense of Sabbath?
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Calvin says God does everything, and everything that happens is because God brings it about. God never rests. But Sabbath is to rest, and we are told God rests. How can a God who does everything rest? Dan discusses... Episode 45 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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Does Love Trust All Things, or Believe All Things?
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The love passage of 1 Corinthians 13 says that love means to trust. Some translations say love "believes all things." Why the different translations? Which is right? What difference does it make? Dan discusses... Episode 44 YouTube Channel: Sermon: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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Does God Do Everything for Us? A Look at 1 Corinthians 15:10
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Grab your favorite brand of spinach and join Dan Kent as he explores 1 Corinthians 15:10, where Paul says that he is what he is because of God's grace. Does this mean everything Paul is and everything Paul does is actually God acting through Paul? Dan discusses. Episode 43 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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What Does Grammar Say About God?
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Dan Kent tries to show why grammar might be more interesting than your school teachers led you to believe. Episode 42 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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What is Theological Memoir?
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Dan Kent tries to define Theological Memoir. Episode 41 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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Law and Loathing: What Calvin Gets Right and Wrong About the First Function of the Law
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Dan Kent looks at Calvin's claim that the first function of the Law is to convince us of our weakness and sin. Episode 40 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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What Does Jesus Mean by "Apart from me you can do nothing"?
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Dan Kent looks at John 15:5. What does it mean when Jesus tells his disciples: "apart from me you can do nothing"? Does that mean God does everything through us? Episode 39 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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RC Sproul and His Rotten Hermeneutic and Atonement Theology
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Dan Kent considers RC Sproul's self-loathing and how that might have influenced the development of his theology—including his claim: "What we are saved from, in Biblical terms of salvation, is God Himself." Episode 38 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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When is the Will Free? Peter van Inwagen Enters the Chat
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Dan Kent breaks down Peter van Inwagen's classic article "When is the Will Free," highlighting how the article exposes common problems with the academic attempt to understand free will—especially the attempt to prove or disprove its reality. Episode 37 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
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Does Open Theism Collapse Under the Weight of Psalm 139?
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Andrew Wilson claims that Psalm 139 poses and "enormous challenge" for open theists, as it claims that God knows all the days formed for me, even days that are still to come. Dan shows why this argument poses little challenge at all to open theists. Episode 36 YouTube Channel: Dan's books: Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: Facebook: Dan on X:
info_outlineDan looks at an argument in Thomas Jay Oord's new book: The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.
If it's true that "To exist is to exert power," what if we claim that God exerts all power? It seems to lead to the following disjunct:
either
(1) we do not exist
or
(2) we are God.
Dan thinks through some potential problems with this line of thought.
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