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 Isaiah says in 40:28) and without limit (as the Psalmist says in 147:5). Craig’s understanding of God’s knowledge is totally limited and easily fathomable. 

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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 that life is a gift from God. Are these two claims compatible? Dan says no. 

Link to mentioned sermon: Escaping Babylon

Episode 49
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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 in this episode Dan Kent considers a strange consequence of Calvinist forms of compatibilism. 

Episode 48
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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
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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
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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…  

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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

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Grab your favorite brand of spinach and join Dan Kent as he explores 1 Corinthians 15:10, where Paul says that he is what he is because of God’s grace. Does this mean everything Paul is and everything Paul does is actually God acting through Paul? Dan discusses.  

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Dan Kent tries to show why grammar might be more interesting than your school teachers led you to believe.

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Dan Kent tries to define Theological Memoir.  

Episode 41

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