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The Chosen and Theological Fatalism
Hello Dr. Craig, My question is about the concept of Divine Foreknowledge and how that is applied to fulfillment of prophecy. For Context: You may be aware that there is a clip of the Chosen circulating Social Media where Jesus appeals to Judas to make a cho...
counterfactuals, divine foreknowledge, divine sovereignty, free will, logical fallacy, middle knowledge
Quantum Physics and Divine Foreknowledge
I’m studying physics at college in Boston. I find the intersection of cosmology with physics and philosophy quite interesting. Question: In quantum physics, positional uncertainty and long distance particle entanglement makes precise foreknowledge probab...
divine foreknowledge, knowledge, maximal greatness, middle knowledge, omniscience, perfect being theology
Divine Foreknowledge and the Paradoxes of Time Travel
I have a question on whether the paradoxes of time travel would apply to Theism or not. Suppose that person x prays to God to kill his Grandfather before his father was born, and Suppose that because God knew the future. Suppose God heard him and listened to t...
divine foreknowledge, philosophy of time, prayer, time, relation to god
Sending Someone to Hell by Taking His Life
How can you address the sovereignty of God with someone who has taken a life (either purposeful or accidental) and is struggling with the concept that the person they killed may have come to a saving relationship with Christ if they had not prematurely ended t...
“I Ain’t Dead Yet!”
This is not a question about predestination or fatalism. It’s about how God experiences relationship to human souls posthumously. Given human free will, does God’s perspective of individual human destiny transition from foreknowledge to a sort of a...
divine foreknowledge, experience as source of knowledge, omniscience, time, relation to god
Does God Forgive Future Sins?
My Pastor said all my sins were forgiven past, present and future. Therefore, can a born again Christian actually commit sin? Michael
a-theory of time, atonement, divine foreknowledge, forgiveness, omniscience, philosophy of time
The Priority of Future Contingents to God’s Foreknowledge
Hello Dr. Craig. My wife and I have been studying through your Defenders 3 lectures on YouTube. We have been really enjoying the material and having good discussion as a result. In the Doctrine of God, lecture 14, you talked about God's foreknowledge and h...
backward causation, causation, counterfactuals, divine foreknowledge, divine omniscience, omniscience
Foreknowledge and Fatalism Once More
Dear Dr. Craig, our question is regarding the compatibility of divine foreknowledge and human freedom. It is something we have been debating about a lot but cannot come to grips. Sources: Defenders Podcast: Series 2 (May 23, 2010) > Doctrine of God (part 14...
backward causation, causation, divine foreknowledge, divine omniscience, fatalism, logical necessity
The Problem of the Unevangelized Once More
Dear Dr. Craig, Thank you for your excellent ministry of Christian apologetics and philosophy. Your work has truly been a vessel of God's wisdom and reason for me, and I am thankful for the many times it has aided me in periods of doubt. Your newest vide...
christian particularism, divine foreknowledge, middle knowledge, molinism, objections, plausibility of christianity
Why Doesn’t God Terminate Would-Be Apostates?
Hi Dr Craig, I've been studying the Perseverance of the Saints and I found your paper on the subject very thought-provoking. I have been wrestling with this subject as of late and there appear to be certain difficulties with the traditional understanding ...
apostacy, calvinism, divine foreknowledge, forgiveness, free will, molinism
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The Chosen and Theological Fatalism
Hello Dr. Craig, My question is about the concept of Divine Foreknowledge and how that is applied to fulfillment of prophecy. For Context: You may be aware that there is a clip of the Chosen circulating Social Media where Jesus appeals to Judas to make a cho...
counterfactuals, divine foreknowledge, divine sovereignty, free will, logical fallacy, middle knowledge
Quantum Physics and Divine Foreknowledge
I’m studying physics at college in Boston. I find the intersection of cosmology with physics and philosophy quite interesting. Question: In quantum physics, positional uncertainty and long distance particle entanglement makes precise foreknowledge probab...
divine foreknowledge, knowledge, maximal greatness, middle knowledge, omniscience, perfect being theology
Divine Foreknowledge and the Paradoxes of Time Travel
I have a question on whether the paradoxes of time travel would apply to Theism or not. Suppose that person x prays to God to kill his Grandfather before his father was born, and Suppose that because God knew the future. Suppose God heard him and listened to t...
divine foreknowledge, philosophy of time, prayer, time, relation to god
Sending Someone to Hell by Taking His Life
How can you address the sovereignty of God with someone who has taken a life (either purposeful or accidental) and is struggling with the concept that the person they killed may have come to a saving relationship with Christ if they had not prematurely ended t...
“I Ain’t Dead Yet!”
This is not a question about predestination or fatalism. It’s about how God experiences relationship to human souls posthumously. Given human free will, does God’s perspective of individual human destiny transition from foreknowledge to a sort of a...
divine foreknowledge, experience as source of knowledge, omniscience, time, relation to god