Ep 9: Thomas Jay Oord and the Open Future of God
In this episode, Micah Redding & Thomas Jay Oord talk about free will, predestination, and the open-ended future of God - and explore deep questions about miracles, science, and recent blockbuster movies.
- Thomas Jay Oord's blog and new book, The Uncontrolling Love of God
- What is open theism?
- Why open theism sounds different than traditional theology, and the three options: Calvinism, Arminianism, and Openness.
- The things that lead people to embrace open theism, including: scripture, theology, philosophy, and science
- Scriptures about God changing his mind
- Abraham and Moses argue with God, shouldn't you?
- Open theism & eschatology
- What Jesus doesn't know
- Your grandmother is an open theist
- What you do really matters
- How to find God's wonderful plan for your life
- God in an Open Universe
- Science and the question of whether time is real
- John Polkinghorne
- Miracles and the anthropic principle
- Exodus: Gods and Kings and some of the controversy about its miracles