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by psimmond
Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:55 pm
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: God is Love and the Trinity
Replies: 60
Views: 29648

Re: God is Love and the Trinity

21centpilgrim wrote: So God is not gracious and merciful until that is displayed? Was God holy before creation? Who knows? He obviously possessed the ability to be gracious and merciful. As far as "holy," if you mean "morally pure," then yes, I think we can all affirm that God has always been holy.
by psimmond
Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:23 pm
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: God is Love and the Trinity
Replies: 60
Views: 29648

Re: God is Love and the Trinity

21centpilgrim wrote: If his grace and mercy were not displayed from all eternity past does that call into question the trustworthiness of Him telling us the He is merciful and gracious? If God said, "Prior to creation, my grace and mercy were displayed," we probably wouldn't be having this discussi...
by psimmond
Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:23 am
Forum: Calvinism, Arminianism & Open Theism
Topic: Grudem on Election and Open Theism
Replies: 7
Views: 8993

Re: Grudem on Election and Open Theism

Timios,
I'd recommend you check out William Lane Craig's work on free will. He repeatedly makes the point that God knows all future events because he knows what we will freely choose to do:
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/free-will
by psimmond
Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:47 pm
Forum: Calvinism, Arminianism & Open Theism
Topic: Grudem on Election and Open Theism
Replies: 7
Views: 8993

Re: Grudem on Election and Open Theism

Timios, you can find that kind of language in several places in the Old Testament: God changes his mind, is wrong about certain things, needs people like Moses to help him see that he's overreacting, etc. I don't think these passages are to be taken literally but instead reflect the various writers'...
by psimmond
Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:41 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: What is Love?
Replies: 9
Views: 8837

Re: What is Love?

Love = A strong preference. :)
by psimmond
Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:26 pm
Forum: Calvinism, Arminianism & Open Theism
Topic: Grudem on Election and Open Theism
Replies: 7
Views: 8993

Re: Grudem on Election and Open Theism

I think Arminians often tout CS Lewis's thought experiment about God being outside of time and seeing past present and future simultaneously. Lewis just threw this out as an idea and said reject it if it doesn't maker sense. And I don't think it makes sense and should therefore be rejected. I'm not ...
by psimmond
Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:13 pm
Forum: General Bible Discussion
Topic: Preferred Bible Translation
Replies: 21
Views: 23702

Re: Preferred Bible Translation

I prefer NASB but like others have said, it's good to compare to see how other translation teams handle various texts. What I appreciate most about NASB is when they insert additional words, they place them in italics so you can see they were not part of the original text.
by psimmond
Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:35 pm
Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
Topic: God is Love and the Trinity
Replies: 60
Views: 29648

Re: God is Love and the Trinity

I agree with Timios. If you start with the assumption that late second century - early third century church fathers were correct in their trinity formulation, then it makes perfect sense to understand "God is love" the way mattrose does. But if you just go from the words of Jesus, I think it makes m...
by psimmond
Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:11 pm
Forum: Revelation
Topic: "Behold I come soon"
Replies: 16
Views: 13042

Re: "Behold I come soon"

Dwight, I don't think the primary purpose of this forum is to get the other side to abandon their beliefs and accept yours. Over the years I've benefited greatly from the views of other members (although I often disagreed with them) and I suspect you have as well. Ian asked a question and you, I, an...

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