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Tag Archives: freedom
Theodicy, Hell, and David Bentley Hart
by Brian C. Moore, Ph.D. In his recent blog post “The Morality of Gehenna,” Father Lawrence Farley defends the compatibility of traditional notions of hell with the Goodness of the Christian God. His voice is certainly not inhumane. He recognizes … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Moore, David B. Hart, Eschatology
Tagged creatio ex nihilo, damnation, David Hart, freedom, God, hell, Lawrence Farley, universal salvation, universalism
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A Most Peculiar Story: The Freedom of God and Saints
by Brian C. Moore, Ph.D. Some have accused the Australian writer, Gerald Murnane, of a kind of autism. It may be that his method is little more than an idiosyncratic phenomenology, though I suspect there is something more. I cannot … Continue reading
Universal Salvation: What are the odds?
There are different kinds and degrees of hope. There is the hope that tomorrow will be a bright and sunny day, given that the weatherman says there’s only a 5% chance of rain. We might call this an almost-certain hope. There … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged apocatastasis, compatibilism, eric reitan, freedom, Kallistos Ware, libertarian freedom, universal salvation
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Ainulindalë: The Secret of the Secret Fire
You cannot pass. I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass. Gandalf’s confrontation … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged creatio ex nihilo, creation, essence and energies, freedom, God, Secret Fire, Silmarillion, Tolkien
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C. S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, and the Free-Will Defense
Why did God create a world filled with evil and horrific violence? In the midst of World War II, C. S. Lewis offered what has become a classic Christian response: God created things which had free will. That means creatures which … Continue reading
Posted in Hugh McCann, Philosophical Theology
Tagged Alvin Plantinga, C. S. Lewis, evil, free will, freedom, God, providence, theodicy
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Jerry Walls: The Irrationality of Hell
If damnation is a matter of self-exclusion from the kingdom of Christ rather than retributive punishment for unrepented sins, and if we are truly given optimal grace to choose the joy of heaven over the misery of hell, why would … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Eschatology
Tagged damnation, freedom, God, happiness, hell, Jerry Walls, libertarian freedom, Thomas Talbott
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“Every instance of finite becoming or thought or desire subsists in the creature’s ‘ecstasy’ out of nonbeing into the infinite splendor of God”
What then, one might well ask, is divine providence? Certainly all Christians must affirm God’s transcendent governance of everything, even fallen history and fallen nature, and must believe that by that governance he will defeat evil and bring the final … Continue reading
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26 July 2015
Tagged damnation, David Hart, determinism, freedom, God, heaven, hell, providence
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