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Format: Softcover Book
Pages: 395
ISBN: 1521344627
Publisher: Crossway Books
Product Code: BBB
  

Beyond the Bounds

Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity

"Everyone who believes in God at all believes that He knows what you and I are going to do tomorrow.”

- C. S. Lewis

This understanding of God’s foreknowledge has united the church for twenty centuries. But advocates of “open theism” are presenting a different vision of God and a different view of the future.

The rise of open theism within evangelicalism has raised a host of questions. Was classical theism decisively tainted by Greek philosophy? Is open theism a product of process theism? What philosophical presuppositions and cultural conditions are allowing open theism to flourish? How should we understand passages that tell us that God changes his mind or repents or expresses surprise? Are essentials of biblical Christianity— like the inerrancy of Scripture, the trustworthiness of God, and the gospel of Christ— at stake in this debate? Where, when, and why should we draw new boundaries—and is open theism beyond them? Beyond the Bounds brings together a respected team of scholars to examine the latest literature, address these questions, and give guidance to the church in this time of controversy.

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Table of Contents

Contributors
Foreword (John Piper)
Introduction (Justin Taylor)
Acknowledgments

Part One. Historical Influences

1. The Rabbis and the Claims of Openness Advocates (Russell Fuller)
2. Genetic Defects or Accidental Similarities? Orthodoxy and Open Theism and Their Connections to Western Philosophical Traditions (Chad Owen Brand)

Part Two. Philosophical Presuppositions and Cultural Context

3. True Freedom: The Liberty That Scripture Portrays as Worth Having (Mark R. Talbot)
4. Why Open Theism Is Flourishing Now (William C. Davis)

Part Three. Anthropomorphisms, Revelation, and Interpretation

5. Veiled Glory: God's Self-Revelation in Human Likeness--A Biblical Theology of God's Anthropomorphic Self-Disclosure (A. B. Caneday)
 6. Hellenistic or Hebrew? Open Theism and Reformed Theological Method (Michael S. Horton)

Part Four. What Is at Stake in the Openness Debate?

7. The Inerrancy of Scripture (Stephen J. Wellum)
8. The Trustworthiness of God and the Foundation of Hope (Paul Kjoss Helseth)
9. The Gospel of Christ (Bruce A. Ware)

Part Five. Drawing Boundaries and Conclusions

10. When, Why, and for What Should We Draw New Boundaries? (Wayne Grudem)
11. Grounds for Dismay: The Error and Injury of Open Theism (John Piper)
A Bibliography on Open Theism (Justin Taylor)

Scripture Index
Person Index
Subject Index

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