Surprising God Podcast

What is Theological Memoir?

October 29, 2025

Dan Kent tries to define Theological Memoir.   Episode 41 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_041_TheologicalMemoir.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGod Facebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

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Law and Loathing: What Calvin Gets Right and Wrong About the First Function of the Law

October 29, 2025

Dan Kent looks at Calvin’s claim that the first function of the Law is to convince us of our weakness and sin. Episode 40 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_040_LawLoathing.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGod Facebook:…

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What Does Jesus Mean by “Apart from me you can do nothing”?

October 29, 2025

Dan Kent looks at John 15:5. What does it mean when Jesus tells his disciples: “apart from me you can do nothing”? Does that mean God does everything through us?   Episode 39 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_039_ApartFromMe.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of…

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RC Sproul and His Rotten Hermeneutic and Atonement Theology

September 8, 2025

Dan Kent considers RC Sproul’s self-loathing and how that might have influenced the development of his theology—including his claim: “What we are saved from, in Biblical terms of salvation, is God Himself.”  Episode 38 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_038_Sproul_RottenTree.mp3 __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter:…

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When is the Will Free? Peter van Inwagen Enters the Chat

September 8, 2025

Dan Kent breaks down Peter van Inwagen’s classic article “When is the Will Free,” highlighting how the article exposes common problems with the academic attempt to understand free will—especially the attempt to prove or disprove its reality.  Episode 37 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_037_WhenIsTheWillFree.mp3 __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training…

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Does Open Theism Collapse Under the Weight of Psalm 139?

July 30, 2025

Andrew Wilson claims that Psalm 139 poses and “enormous challenge” for open theists, as it claims that God knows all the days formed for me, even days that are still to come. Dan shows why this argument poses little challenge at all to open theists. Episode 36 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_036_Psalm139.mp3 __ __ YouTube Channel:…

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What is the Future of Process Theism?

July 26, 2025

David Ray Griffin casts a prophetic vision for process theism. In the clearing fog of the future, he sees it ascending the throne of contemporary theology—anointed by theologians, robed by scientists, and crowned by the zeitgeist. Is he right? Dan Kent reflects… Episode 35 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_035_FutureProcessTheism.mp3 __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s…

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God Works? Only Open Theism Says Yes.

July 25, 2025

What does it mean to say that God “works all things according to the purposes of his will”? How can we understand God clocking in for a shift in his sovereign occupation? Episode 34 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_034_GodWorks.mp3 __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To:…

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Did Open Theism Break Norman Geisler’s Heart?

July 25, 2025

Dan considers Norman Geisler’s resignation from the ETS after his failed attempt to oust Greg Boyd, John Sanders, and Clark Pinnock. Episode 33 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_033_GeislersBrokenHeart.mp3 __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGod Facebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

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Can God Actually Rest? Can God Sabbath?

May 15, 2025

Dan considers what it might mean for a God who sustains everything… to rest.        Episode 32 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_032_PowerSabbath.mp3 __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGod Facebook: SurprisingGod Twitter: @thatdankent

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