Did God Have to Create? The Modal Collapse Argument
Did God Have to Create? The Modal Collapse Argument On the classical view God did not have to create, and the modal collapse argument is the…
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Christian Philosophy
Christian philosophy worked out one idea at a time. Each essay takes a single concept from Frame-Indexed Classical Theism, and shows how it can resolve core tensions.
Divine Simplicity: What It Is and Four Objections Answered
Divine Simplicity: What It Is and Four Objections Answered Divine simplicity is the doctrine that God has no parts of any kind, and that His essence…
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Libertarian Free Will: Definition, Kinds and Objections
Libertarian Free Will: Definition, Kinds and Objections Libertarian free will is the view that human beings have free will and that free will is incompatible with…
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The Grounding Objection to Molinism, Explained
The Grounding Objection to Molinism, Explained The grounding objection is the argument that counterfactuals of creaturely freedom, truths of the form "if Peter were in this…
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Will We Have Free Will in Heaven? Can We Sin There?
Will We Have Free Will in Heaven? Can We Sin There? Will we have free will in heaven? Yes: the major Christian traditions hold that the…
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Theological Fatalism: Does Foreknowledge Make Us Unfree?
Theological Fatalism: Does Foreknowledge Make Us Unfree? Theological fatalism is the argument that if God infallibly knows what you will do, you cannot do otherwise, and…
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The Permissive Will of God: Does God Cause or Permit Evil?
The Permissive Will of God: Does God Cause or Permit Evil? The permissive will of God is His will to allow what He does not author,…
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God’s Omniscience and Cantor: Is There a Set of All Truths?
God's Omniscience and Cantor: Is There a Set of All Truths? Yes, God is omniscient, and God's omniscience means that He knows every truth and believes…
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Clergy Appreciation Month: A Gift That Keeps Giving
Clergy Appreciation Month: A Gift That Keeps Giving Clergy Appreciation Month is the whole of October, and Clergy Appreciation Day falls on the second Sunday of…
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What Pastor Appreciation Is, and What It Asks of Us
What Pastor Appreciation Is, and What It Asks of Us Pastor appreciation is the practice of honouring the person who carries a congregation's week, and in…
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