God in Eternity and Time: A New Case for Human Freedom
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
When theology begins with God’s eternal will and knowledge, determinism tends to result. In God in Eternity and Time, eminent scholar Robert Picirilli argues we should look first to God’s creation and the incarnation—to the created order where God has chosen to act and reveal himself.
As God’s decrees and foreknowledge in eternity are then read in light of his acts in time, God’s interactions with human beings on the personal level of influence and response clearly reveal themselves.
God in Eternity and Time presents a fresh argument for libertarian human freedom. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book explores how God speaks and acts in creation, while the second carefully examines foreknowledge and “middle knowledge,” demonstrating the fallacy of logical arguments against freedom based on foreknowledge.
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- Presents a fresh argument for libertarian human freedom
- Explores how God speaks and acts in creation
- Examines foreknowledge and “middle knowledge,” demonstrating the fallacy of logical arguments against freedom based on foreknowledge
Top Highlights
“Furthermore, this way of viewing things has other important implications, regardless of how speculative the framework.” (Page 113)
“In effect, if not consciously, the question becomes, How can we view these events narrated in the Bible, when God is acting and interacting with us in time and space, in a way that will accord with what our theology tells us about God’s decrees and knowledge in eternity?” (Page 117)
“What we conclude by natural theology must be understood and interpreted by revealed truth, not vice versa” (Page xii)
“all his knowledge of the future is exactly what the future will be and derives from that future” (Page 101)
“contingency was involved—and contingency does not have to be stated to be present.” (Page 65)