The Narrow Path Ministries

if I created a universe, and knew what would happen, and chose to allow it as such, would all that would happen be ordained since its very end and existence was approved by me before all creatures in it were created to make their free choice?

I just read this article from Kevin DeYoung from 2009. http://thelightheartedcalvinist.com/2009/10/30/can-god-know-everything-and-still-give-us-free-will-by-kevin-deyoung/ Here is a little excerpt. What About After-Knowledge? You may object that foreknowledge of an event has no more influence on the...

hey guys, i must apologize, I have been a bit scattered on this post. I have been thinking over these things while at work, and writing when I take a break from my phone, which I think has confused me a bit, only seeing a few sentences at a time, and mixing up who i was reading with other posters et...

would that verse be saying that no death happens without God willing it as such? I guess if someone had a terrible diet, and died from heart disease, then God may agree with his set up natural consequences that gave them death. so I suppose in that way he could be in agreement with consequence witho...

hey homer! thanks for sharing that.

I see what you mean in the passage. if the sparrow dying is with God's will, then would that mean God is making it so? since it doesn't happen apart from his will?

and here is an update: The issue is not whether anyone thinks Calvinists have perverted the word sovereign or not, but whether Scripture actually teaches if God controls everything or not. Apparently He “micromanages” everything, including the death of sparrows (Matt 10:29), the outcome of casting o...

rich, thank you!

This was posted as a reply to something on a board, and I wondered what you all thought of this presentation. I do not believe that God claims in scripture to be making everything that comes to pass his active doing. I believe he can ordain the ends, and leave the means at times in the will of man. ...

just wanted to toss this into the mix, since i mentioned biologos, and I thought Tim Keller had been a bit of a supporter in the past. here is the article.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc ... al-christ/

jeremiah,

nice observation.

Alastair