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Carson on open theism

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I’m going to summarise a helpful review of open theism given by D.A. Carson in the following lecture:-

Openness of God Theology

1.  Definitions and key people

Leading figures in this movement include Clark Pinnock, Greg Boyd, and John Sanders.

According to Sanders, there are no-risk and risk views of divine providence.  The no-risk (or classical) view is that God ordains everything.  But this would mean that God ordains evil, including suffering and death.  Open theism takes a ‘risk’ view of providence.…

Top Ten Podcasts

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Here’s a list of ten of my favourite podcasts.  The first five in the list are Christian-based, the second five are not:-

  • Unbelievable? – Premier Radio’s weekly debate on aspects of belief and unbelief
  • Teaching for Today – Lectures from the Christian Institute
  • Veritas Forum – University events that seek to engage students and faculty in discussion of llife’s deepest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ
  • Godpod – Theological discussion from St Paul’s Theological Centre
  • White Horse Inn – Westminster Seminary’s Michael S.
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Craig, Strobel, Wilson, Denison, and Hitchens debate God’s Existence

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You’ve got to hand it to Christopher Hitchens.  Such is his self-confidence, and perhaps his disdain for the ‘opposition’, that he is prepared to take on all-comers when it comes to debating religion.  Oh, and it must help his book to sell as well.

In March of this year Hitchens took on not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR Christian apologists at the same time.  Of course, he comes out fighting, and if he was feeling a little bruised by the end he is too wily a campaigner to let it show.…

Is the Old Testament ethical?

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Is the Old Testament Ethical?

Here is an interview with Dr Peter Williams, Warden of Tyndale House.  With the criticisms of Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion, ch. 7) particularly in mind, Williams gives a cogent series of responses to some of the more difficult and pressing worries that we (whether we are believers or not) may have about the morality of some of the things we find in the Old Testament.

Of course, Williams cannot offer, in the limited time afforded by an interview, a comprehensive set of answers. …

Recommended audio: Christians You Should Know

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Each month, for several years, Don Stephens of Belvedere Baptist Church, Liverpool, would give a short (10 minute) talk about some notable Christian.

These included Christian Fathers, Reformers, Puritans, hymn writers, preachers, and missionaries.  Most of the famous names are here (Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Spurgeon), but also a number of lesser-known Christians who are equally fascinating in their way.

No less than 75 of these have been collected together on a single MP3 CD, and this is available from Know Your Bible Recordings for the giveaway price of £3.00 (including postage). …

Top Audio on Emerging Church

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The Emerging Church is a rapidly shifting mix of ideas and activities.  The term covers a wide spectrum, from those who retain the historic evangelical message but seek new methods of commending it and celebrating it, to others who raise more radical questions questions about the message itself.

The following list represents speakers from various points along the spectrum.…

Top Audio Downloads on Christianity & Islam

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Mark Ryan has a helpful series of lectures called, ‘An Islam Primer’.  The first four talks are mainly descriptive, giving a balanced and informative account of Islam and its beliefs and practices.  The last lecture is, as the title suggests, more evaluative but even here the discussion is irenic and even-handed:-

  1. Islam’s Holy Prophet
  2. The Qu’ran
  3. The Pillars of Islam
  4. Islam’s One and Only God
  5. Why I am not a Muslim

 Jay Smith engages in regular debate with Moslem scholars, and offers a more forceful – but still respectful – critique of Islam. …

Top Audio Downloads on Atheism and Christian Faith

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Here are some of the mp3s that I have found helpful on the atheism/Christian faith debate. 

  • Francis Collins – “The Language of God”.  Point of Enquiry’s website is committed to a sceptical approach to all things religious, but here offers a thoughtful interview with Collins, former Director of the Human Genome Project and a Christian believer.
  • Richard Dawkins – “Science and the New Atheism” (Point of Enquiry)
  • John Lennox – “God and Richard Dawkins”.  ‘Bethinking’, an excellent Christian apologetics website, hosts this engaging lecture.
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