Covenantal Properties

[responsivevoice_button] I have an interest in issues around the doctrine of God and for sake of keeping stuff I read orderly I put it here. Here is something Dr. Bolt directed me to and I wish to share it for you people as well: As I understand Oliphint, having read and listened to most of his other works, God possesses contingent/covenantal/”God with us” properties due to his having condescended through the act of creation. As he explains especially in the fourth chapter of God With Us, these contingent properties do not constitute a nature, but in Oliphint’s scheme they function analogously to the human nature in … Continue reading Covenantal Properties

Philip Jackson and the Search for Compatibilist Answers

Another post on the infamous Philip Jackson’s attempt to take down Compatibilism. This time we have a special answer from Grant Hageman:  Philip Jackson: My argument against the Compatibilist view of “free will” 1. If the only criterion for human freedom is that a person acts in accordance with their strongest desire even if the desire itself is determined by another person, then Bob must be considered to be free in the case where I put a chip in his brain that determines him to desire to torture an infinite amount of infinitely sentient beings. 2. The only criterion(given Compatibilism) … Continue reading Philip Jackson and the Search for Compatibilist Answers