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To: Jerry_M
Open Theism is a dangerous challenge to orthodox Christianity, and needs to be vigorously opposed. As the contributors to "Beyond the Bounds" show, this is a belief that is so far outside of orthodoxy that it should be challenged at every point.

Unfortunately it seems that Wesleyans like it and teach it to their flock.

Jer 12:10   Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Jer 23:1   Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

Some things never change

13 posted on 02/04/2004 11:31:14 AM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7; xzins; Revelation 911; Vernon; The Grammarian; P-Marlowe
Unfortunately it seems that Wesleyans like it and teach it to their flock.

I see no one teaching it RN. Nor do you. I see a lot of discussion. You know the difference.

Gregory Boyd gives a strong and accessible argument for views that challenge some traditional theological positions. Many will disagree, but fair-minded readers will come to understand both that the “open God” position is motivated by a desire to be faithful to the Bible and that it is consistent with both classical Christian orthodoxy and evangelical distinctives. Boyd himself provides a fine example of how evangelical Christians may disagree in a loving and respectful manner.
— C. Stephen Evans | professor of philosophy and dean for research and scholarship, Calvin College

14 posted on 02/04/2004 11:38:30 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (www.wardsmythe.com)
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To: RnMomof7
Unfortunately it seems that Wesleyans like it and teach it to their flock.

The folling is from Does God know the future?

Open theists delight when misinformed individuals assume that the historic theological debate between Calvinism and Arminianism drives the current debate about God's foreknowledge. Such an assumption neglects the strong emphasis on God's foreknowledge within the Arminian tradition. James Arminius, for example, wrote, "God knows all things from eternity. He knows all things immeasurably. He knows all things immutable, his knowledge not being varied."

25 posted on 02/04/2004 1:00:58 PM PST by Between the Lines
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