God in Eternity and Time: A New Case for Human Freedom

by Robert E. Picirilli

Publisher:

B&H

, 2022

Overview

When theology begins with God’s eternal will and knowledge, determinism tends to result. In God in Eternity and Time, eminent scholar Robert Picirilli argues we should look first to God’s creation and the incarnation—to the created order where God has chosen to act and reveal himself.

As God’s decrees and foreknowledge in eternity are then read in light of his acts in time, God’s interactions with human beings on the personal level of influence and response clearly reveal themselves.

God in Eternity and Time presents a fresh argument for libertarian human freedom. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book explores how God speaks and acts in creation, while the second carefully examines foreknowledge and “middle knowledge,” demonstrating the fallacy of logical arguments against freedom based on foreknowledge.

Key Features

• Presents a fresh argument for libertarian human freedom
• Explores how God speaks and acts in creation
• Examines foreknowledge and “middle knowledge,” demonstrating the fallacy of logical arguments against freedom based on foreknowledge

Contents

Top Highlights

“Furthermore, this way of viewing things has other important implications, regardless of how speculative the framework.” (Page 113)

“In effect, if not consciously, the question becomes, How can we view these events narrated in the Bible, when God is acting and interacting with us in time and space, in a way that will accord with what our theology tells us about God’s decrees and knowledge in eternity?” (Page 117)

“What we conclude by natural theology must be understood and interpreted by revealed truth, not vice versa” (Page xii)

“all his knowledge of the future is exactly what the future will be and derives from that future” (Page 101)

“contingency was involved—and contingency does not have to be stated to be present.” (Page 65)

Product Details

• Title: God in Eternity and Time: A New Case for Human Freedom
• Author: Robert E. Picirilli
• Publisher: B&H
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 219
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: God › Attributes; Providence and Government of God; Space and Time
• ISBNs: 9781430074946, 9781087756547, 1087756545, 1430074949
• Resource ID: LLS:GDTRNTYTHMNFRDM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-10-09T17:50:07Z

About Robert E. Picirilli

Dr. Robert E. Picirilli, former academic dean and professor of Greek and New Testament studies at Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Tennessee, has been teaching, preaching, and writing Arminian theology for more than 45 years. Since 1983, he has served as the general editor of The Randall House Bible Commentary and, in that series, contributed to the volumes on 1, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, and 1, 2 Thessalonians. His other published works include the books Paul the Apostle, Book of Galatians, Romans, and A Survey of the Pauline Epistles, as well as numerous booklets and articles in denominational publications and theological journals.