Surprising God

Dan considers what it might mean for a God who sustains everything... to rest.     Episode 32 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Dan considers the risks of love.     Episode 31 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Dan talks about miracles.     Episode 30 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Calvin says the primary role of the Law is to humble our hearts, which are blinded and drunk with pride. Is that right? Dan throws shade.     Episode 29 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Calvin talks about God giving us a new will. Is this possible? Isn't a person, when you get down to it, simply a will in a body?    Episode 28 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

How does Calvin protect the idea of meritorious reward under the thumbs of his all-controlling God?    Episode 27 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

As I build an aggragate argument for open theism in the early church I thought I'd share a couple gems with you here. The first is from The Epistle to Diognetus. The second is from Irenaeus's "Against Heresies." Enjoy!   YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 26 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Paul Helseth says that "true courage" is knowing God has your death all planned out and facing every moment knowing nothing depends on you. Is that right? Dan doesn't think so. What do YOU think?   YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 25 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Does plausibility and beauty matter in our doctrine of God? Mark Talbot says "no." To him, all that matters is what we find in the Bible. But is this enough? I offer FIVE problems with Talbot's perspective.  YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 24 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

This conversation covered a great deal of topics, and the Surprising God Think Tank did not disappoint! From his time as a Calvinist, to his controversy around open theism, to his current mindset about God and free will, Greg gets to the heart of it all!  YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 23 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

If love is not love unless it is freely chosen—which is pretty central for many open theists—then how can babies go to heaven? Dan takes the case.  YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 22 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

One model to understand all the perspectives about God's foreknowledge?   Alan Rhoda sits down with the Surprising God think tank to discuss his new book on Open Theism (you can check it out HERE: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009349390).    You can order Alan Rhoda's new book here: https://a.co/d/egm2gbJ Read more of Alan's thoughts here: http://alanrhoda.net/wordpress/ YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 21 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Dan looks at another argument in Thomas Jay Oord's new book: The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence. Oord takes the premises: • Power is fundamentally social (it must be exercised on something). • Power does not exist in absolute isolation and he infers: • If God once existed without creation, that God had no power. • If that God had no power, that God could not have created anything. Does this argument work? Dan shares his initial doubts.  YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 20 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Dan looks at an argument in Thomas Jay Oord's new book: The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence. If it's true that "To exist is to exert power," what if we claim that God exerts all power? It seems to lead to the following disjunct: either (1) we do not exist or (2) we are God. Dan thinks through some potential problems with this line of thought.  YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 19 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Dan looks at the potential arrogance of open theism in light of the good news of incarnation. YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 18 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

The Surprising God Think Tank welcomes Samuel Tanner to discuss how improv might inform us about how God might perform sovereignly over his living creation. You can connect with Samuel Tanner at his website: samjtanner.com YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 17 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Surprising God on X: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Dan on X: @thatdankent

Dan wrestles with Ardel Caneday and Michael Horton about what can be known about God.  YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 16 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

The Surprising God Think Tank welcomes Joshua L. Rasmussen in where we talk about everything from God's being, human consciousness, divine revelation, sin, and SO MUCH MORE! You can learn more about Joshua at JoshuaLRasmussen.com  Pick up Joshua's book How Reason Can Lead to God YOU can join future Surprising God conversations at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 15 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

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The Surprising God team chats with Paul Eddy about how he converted Greg Boyd from Calvinism, his relationship with John Piper, and his own understanding of God's foreknowledge (and SO much more!).   YOU can join the conversation at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 5 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

The Surprising God crack team talk with Kurt Willems about his book Echoing Hope and discuss how our view of God affects how we view our trauma and suffering, and how, therefore, our view of God can facilitate healing.  YOU can join the conversation at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 4 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

Dan looks at the incredible book defending open theism from 1882 by Lorenzo Dow McCabe. Is this the first full book on the subject?  YOU can join at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 3 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

Dan introduces this new podcast and the think-tank community working behind the scenes, which YOU can join at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 2 YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

Dan introduces this new podcast and the think-tank community working behind the scenes, which YOU can join at SurprisingGod.com! Episode 1 Dan's books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGodFacebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent