THERE are no signs that the debate over the chronological data of Genesis 1 is abating. Among those who hold biblical views of the inspiration of the Scriptures certain interpretations of that chronology have, indeed, long been traditional. These may disagree as to the duration of the "days" of Genesis 1 but they have in common the opinion that the order of narration in that chapter coincides w...

Both theism and atheism assume that God permits evil. But neither nor make this assumption with due attention to what I call, following Wittgenstein, the grammar of term ‘permission’. When is examined, it becomes clear cannot avoid atheistic force argument from To rescue belief in God, propose adoption a position call compassionate deism. This combination Christian traditional The produced by m...

The bulk of my essay “Truth and Freedom” opposes fatalism, which is the claim that if there is a true proposition to the effect that an action A will occur, then A will not be free. But that essay also offers a new way to reconcile divine foreknowledge and human freedom. John Martin Fischer and Patrick Todd (2011) raise a number of objections to “Truth and Freedom,” most of which are objections...

Timelessly Present, Compassionately Impassible: A Defense of Two Classical Divine Attributes by Philip R. Olsson Claremont Graduate University: 2012 This study articulates a God-concept in the tradition of classical Christian theism, contending with calls to modify significantly or revise classical constructions. Attention falls upon two closely related divine attributes that have, especially i...