{"product_id":"9780310325123-four-views-on-divine-providence","title":"Four Views on Divine Providence","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book guides students, pastors, and lay learners to consider and evaluate various ways of understanding God’s involvement in the world, especially in relation to views on predestination and the extent of the atonement. \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions about divine providence have preoccupied Christians for generations: to what degree does God concern himself with and intervene in the affairs of everyday life? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces readers to four prevailing views on divine providence, with particular attention to the questions of human free will, the problem of evil, and God's perception of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume contributors and their basic viewpoints are: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaul Helseth - God causes every creaturely event that occurs. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Lane Craig - through his \"middle knowledge,\" God controls the course of worldly affairs without predetermining any creatures' free decisions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRon Highfield - God controls creatures by liberating their decision-making. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregory Boyd - human decisions can be free only if God neither determines nor knows what they will be.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroductory and closing essays by Dennis Jowers give relevant background and guide readers toward their own informed beliefs about divine providence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFour Views on Divine Providence\u003c\/em\u003e helps readers think theologically and biblically about all the issues involved in exploring this doctrine. The point-counterpoint format reveals the assumptions and considerations that drive equally learned and sincere theologians to disagreement with each other. It unearths the genuinely decisive issues beneath a philosophically dense debate. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41048502861921,"sku":"9780310325123","price":15.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/70ed1e9c241f88b73c9e2e3269aef090.png?v=1698257610","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780310325123-four-views-on-divine-providence","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}