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Title: The God Who Risks: A Theology of Providence by John Sanders ISBN: 0-8308-1501-5 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A theology born of scripture not philosophy
Comment: Some of my Evangelical brothers will hate this book because it presents a coherant, biblical, and powerfully attractive alternative to aspects of historical Calvinism. Being a reluctant Calvinist, I found myself hard pressed to argue against this well-reasoned theology of a God who is really like the God of the bible--a God of passion, who acts and reacts, who takes human freedom seriously, committing himself to an authentic history of salvation, not a pre-scripted story written before time. What is at risk here is a particular theological tradition, not biblical revelation. This book is forcing me to reexamine my own assumptions.
Rating: 1
Summary: Book that risks credulity
Comment: Thank you, Mr. Niles for showing us your "proper" order to find enlightenment.
For me the bible came first,then the book itself, then Dr. Ardel Caneday's review on the internet, then Mr. Scott's and others' reviews.
Sorry, Mr. Niles. You cannot ignore Dr. Caneday and Mr. Scott and other thoughtful reviewers. They are not taken in by the author's clear agenda to lambast the traditional Christian position and replace it with his own doctoral dissertation's novel opinion.
John Sanders is an engaging writer. But his risky views are not engaging me. Nor do they engage the Bible in a fair way as it is to be properly understood.
To claim God risks (taking chances on unknowable future outcomes) in the same way humans risk is to anthropomorphize the Lord Himself. This does not come across in a clear, unforced, natural reading of Scriptures. It has to be read into the verses with a pre-agenda control-belief system.
Mister Sanders' agenda is to declare traditional Christianity guilty of exegetical malpractice and serious interpretive error in important doctrines. He and his cohorts are on a mission to usher in a neo-reformation of theology to set the church back on course, an open theology user-friendly version.
Should he and his supporters be surprised that traditionalists would object to his attacks and, no less fervent, refute them biblically? Should they stand by and let Sanders take such potshots at them for allegedly leading Christendom astray for so long by supposed capitulation to Greek philosophy?
This book has an agenda. Which succeeds only with those open to openly misunderstanding the word of God and being captivated by their own brand of philosophies.
Better advice is to read the Bible 1st, then these reviews (pro and con) on amazon.com. Then if God leads you, try the book and see if it bears any resemblance to True Christian Beliefs. I think and pray you will find it does not. Dios le bendiga.
Rating: 5
Summary: As soon as I see that name
Comment: As soon as I see James Scott's name I know the agenda I'll be reading in his review. Read the book, then read his reviews. That's the proper order. Make up your own mind, don't let his scare tactics keep you away from other believer's thoughts and ideas.
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Title: The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God by Clark H. Pinnock, Richard Rice, John Sanders, William Hasker, Clark Pinnock ISBN: 0830818529 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God by Gregory A. Boyd ISBN: 080106290X Publisher: Baker Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Most Moved Mover: A Theology of God's Openness by Clark H. Pinnock ISBN: 0801022908 Publisher: Baker Academic Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: God's Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism by Bruce A. Ware ISBN: 1581342292 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Divine Foreknowledge: 4 Views by James K. Beilby, Paul R. Eddy, Gregory A. Boyd, David Hunt, William Lane Craig, Paul Helm ISBN: 0830826521 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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