THIS IS THE QUESTIONS AND LETTERS PAGE

Here we encourage readers to seek answers to the common questions we know you have, as well as send comments and observations.  If you would like to submit questions we would be happy to look at them.  We may not answer all your questions due to time constraints, but then, we may.

All questions and comments should be submitted to Webmaster at:  (We are not currently accepting Questions though we will be again in the future.)

Questions of a Biblical Nature

• Do Open Theists think the canon is still open?

• Genesis 18:21 does God really need to "find things out?"  And if he does, how are we defining sovereignty?

• Exodus 32: But it seems this passage says too much for the open theist.

  • A follow up question on Exodus 32: No, I still don't agree.

• Proverbs 

  • 16:1: Does all we say come from God?

  • 16:4: But doesn't God control everybody, even the wicked?

  • 16:9: Doesn't God determine what we will do no matter how we plan?

  • 16:33: But, if God controls every roll of the dice . . . ?

  • 19:21: Doesn't what God want, always come to pass?

  • Some further remarks about Proverbs in general.

• Isaiah 46:10 He declares the end from the

• Matt. 26:30-35 & Mark 14:26-31 Jesus predicts Peter's denial.

• Ephesians 1?: Didn't God predestine, or choose who would be saved BEFORE he even created?

  • 1:11: Aren't we all predestined to a plan God has already chosen?

• What about Hezekiah, wasn't it necessary for God to add the fifteen years to allow Hezekiah to produce an heir?

Questions of a Philosophical Nature

Free Will

• So, will there be free will in heaven?

• But it Seems our Environment and our Past Decide our Actions, what do we mean by free will?  Do we mean unchoerced?  

• Did Jesus have free will?

• What about verbal plenary inspiration?  Wouldn't that thwart man's free will?

  • A further discussion of the topic.

God and Time

• Doesn't God work outside of Time?

• But what if Einstein was right, and time is fluid?

The Grace of God Verses the will of Man

• So how does prevenient grace fit in with Open Theism

  • A further question on prevenient grace. (so, do we choose God?)

• If man in any way chooses God, isn't that merit on man's part?

Sovereignty

• If God controls everything, isn't his foreknowledge a moot point?

• How is God sovereign if he is not in total control?

  • A follow-up question regarding our use of logic when speaking of God.

Other Questions

• Are all Open Theists also inclusivists?

• Doesn't speaking of God in relation to other beings make him finite?

• What about the problem of natural evil?

• Does God simply choose to limit his knowledge?

• Is Open Theism Essentially an Evangelical thing?

Questions of a Historical and Who's Who Nature

• Who might have taught this, say, just prior to the 1900's 

• Polkinghorne, is he an Open Theist?

• How did we come to Open Theism?

• How about Barth and Open Theism?

Letters and comments

Note from the webmaster: this section consists of reader opinions not necessarily held by the scholars who write for this page. 

• In regards to the Ex. 32 discussion

• Good old fan mail