Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Volume 42
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Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Volume 42.
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“Dr. Ross rejects divine timelessness because such a doctrine would imply that God ‘exists where causes and effects do not happen, and this idea contradicts biblical teachings’ (p. 66).” (Volume 42, Number 2, Page 296)
“Dr. Ross’s basic tenet in Beyond the Cosmos is that certain physicists’ suggestion that in addition to the four familiar spatio-temporal dimensions there exist six (compacted) spatial dimensions carries with it enormous theological freight, shedding dramatic new light on doctrines of the Trinity, the incarnation, predestination, perseverance, the problem of evil, and so forth.” (Volume 42, Number 2, Page 291)
“In his view, God ‘must possess at least one more time dimension (or some attribute, capacity, super-dimension or supra-dimension) that encompasses all the properties of time…. The Creator’s capacities include at least two, perhaps more, time dimensions’” (Volume 42, Number 2, Page 296)
“I am convinced that Dr. Ross’s attempts to invest the (possible) extra-dimensionality of the universe with profound theological significance is misguided and that a corrective is in order.” (Volume 42, Number 2, Page 291)
“Dr. Ross had clearly affirmed that in the incarnation God the Son had left the extra-dimensional realms and capacities he shared with the Father and the Spirit. Thus, if he died in our human realm, God died. How he could then transition back to extra-dimensional realms once he had died seems inexplicable. In any case the logical problem here is not just God’s being both dead and alive, but God’s being dead, period. By definition, God cannot perish. But without a two-natures Christology, we are forced to affirm the absurdity that God died.” (Volume 42, Number 2, Page 303)
- Title: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Volume 42
- Author: The Evangelical Theological Society
- Series: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
- Publisher: Evangelical Theological Society
- Print Publication Date: 1999
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_jets_42
- Resource Type: Journal
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