Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

A. W. Pink points out in "The sovereignty of God" that Joshua implies in Josh 24:15 that man, left to his own devices, will make the wrong choices. (I recommend this book cautiously. Pink is very reformed and very sure of himself -- almost to the point of arrogance)

 
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----- Original Message ----
> From: Iain Strachan <igd.strachan@gmail.com>
> To: j burg <hossradbourne@gmail.com>
> Cc: "D. F. Siemens, Jr." <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>; alexanian@uncw.edu; dopderbeck@gmail.com; grayt@lamar.colostate.edu; asa@calvin.edu
> Sent: Friday, June 6, 2008 10:48:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:24 PM, j burg wrote:
> > On 6/5/08, D. F. Siemens, Jr. wrote:
> >> Burgy,
> >> You're confusing knowledge with causation.
> >
> > I don't think I am. Claiming no particular expertise here, all I can
> > off is that it is my view that paradox is involved no matter if you
> > agree with Moorad or me (or any other view I've seen).
> >
> > If God knows that I will be in church next Sunday, then I can have no
> > choice in the matter. I can't handle that idea. I understand that
> > others can.
>
> Isn't it more the case that God knows what you're going to choose to
> do? After all the whole point of the Gospel is that God knew at the
> outset that we were going to make wrong choices; and that salvation
> through the Cross was the plan at the outset.
>
> Iain
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