![]() "God is a person who takes immense risks" (p. While the following quotes are taken from Wild at Heart, similar beliefs are expressed in at least one of his other works ( The Sacred Romance). Time and time again he speaks of God in ways that can only be explained if you hold such views. John Eldredge - Though Eldredge denies he is an open theist, the evidence does not support his claim. ![]() Tim Challies wrote the following about this statement at One popular "Christian author" that everyone seems to be reading today wrote “God is a person who takes immense risks.” Needless to say, I stopped attending after a short time, couldn't go along with this "small God" they were promoting. (I couldn't figure out what they do with passages such as in Revelation speaking of Jesus being the Lamb slain before the foundations of the earth) Later the teacher said God had to re-group & move on to the Gentiles for his next plan when Israel failed Him. I attended an early morning men's Bible Study/Prayer group years ago, where they were teaching that God had to go to "Plan B" after Adam & Eve sinned. Many people today think God had plan A, then had to re-group & go with Plan B, then Plan C, etc. If you agree that one of God's many attributes is His Omniscience, then you'll agree that "nothing has ever occurred to God". ![]() ![]() Is your God Omniscient? The term literally means "all-knowing", understanding God's knowledge to be exhaustive of the past, present, and future. ![]() I guess how you view this question/statement depends on how big your God (or god) is. If I was a perfect being (which I obviously am not, just ask my wife & kids-LOL) with perfect or complete knowledge, this could not happen, because I would be Omniscient. I guess it's kind of like something I had not thought of before "coming to me", and shedding light on a particular subject. I w as listening to Jeff Noblit MP3 sermons, and thought this quote by Pastor Noblit was pretty good! When something "occurs" to me, it's because something was previously lacking in my knowledge. ![]()
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