Surprising God Podcast

You Are Your Own. Or Are You?

September 15, 2026

Dan looks at zoochosis, as discussed in Alan Nobles wonderful book: “You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World.” Episode 53 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_051_Craig_ForeknowledgeFatalism.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGod…

Why We Cannot Prove (or Disprove) Free Will

September 15, 2026

Dan looks at why we cannot prove, or disprove free will—and also offers some thoughts on life and gambling. Episode 52 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_052_FreeWillCasino.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

Can Molinism Defend Against Claims of Fatalism?

September 12, 2026

In his book, The Only Wise God, William Lane Craig defends Molinism against the claim that a God who knows everything everyone will ever do is a fatalistic theology.   Episode 51 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_051_Craig_ForeknowledgeFatalism.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of…

What Might True Supernatural Knowledge Look Like?

May 31, 2026

In his book, The Only WIse God, William Lane Craig ponders the supernatural knowledge of Jesus. But when he gets down to the gritty work of describing that knowledge, he ends up with something rather mundane. Dan argues that true supernatural knowledge looks far greater than what Craig’s theology allows. It looks, rather, unfathomable (as…

Who Told You that You were Autonomous?

May 23, 2026

In Bobby Jamieson’s excellent book, “Everything is Never Enough,” Jamieson argues that humans are not autonomous because they depend on creation. Since people depend on forces outside themselves for survival, and because they did not create themselves and cannot sustain themselves, Jamieson says people are not their own. But the thesis of his book is…

A Strange Consequence of Compatibilism

May 19, 2026

People will try to make free will compatible with a whole host of things that, on the face of it, seem determined. Folks will try to make free will compatible with philosophical materialism (all that exists are matter and energy), a settled future (Arminianism), and God’s meticulous decree (Calvinism). But our concepts have consequences, and…

My Favorite William Lane Craig Quote Against Determinism

May 18, 2026

William Lane Craig beautifully describes the vertigo experienced when contemplating determinism. Dan Kent asks whether conteplating free will might create an obverse vertigo.  Episode 47 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_047_Craig_Vertigo.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training of KX12 Send Questions To: Twitter: @SurprisingGod…

What is the Story of Joseph Really About?

February 5, 2026

Timothy Keller argues that the story of Joseph in the Old Testament is about God’s control. Dan argues that the story is more about Joseph’s control. What do you think? Episode 46 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_046_KellerJoseph.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising God Dan’s books: Confident Humility The Training…

Is Open Theism the Only View that Makes Sense of Sabbath?

February 3, 2026

Calvin says God does everything, and everything that happens is because God brings it about. God never rests. But Sabbath is to rest, and we are told God rests. How can a God who does everything rest? Dan discusses…   Episode 45 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_045_PowerSABBATH.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube…

Does Love Trust All Things, or Believe All Things?

January 19, 2026

The love passage of 1 Corinthians 13 says that love means to trust. Some translations say love “believes all things.” Why the different translations? Which is right? What difference does it make? Dan discusses…   Episode 44 Sermon: Love Trusts __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/21cff55e-730d-4e9b-bee4-af59d8175778/SurprisingGod_044_1corTRUST.mp3 __ __ __ Listen on Spotify: __ __ __ YouTube Channel: Surprising…