Heart of the Living God:
Grand Canyon of Genuine Real Time Concern
Free-Will/Foreknowledge Debate
Classical Theists War Against Open Theism
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Grand Canyon Contents

Grand Canyon Hiking Preface

I. Journey into the Grand Canyon of God's "Genuine" Real Time Concern

II. Classical vs. Open Theism and "Genuine" Relationship

A. Omniscient-Omnipresence Attribute of God

B. Foreknown Response Quotient

C. Conjecture: "Time" a Non-Entity, Non-Substantial

D. A "Real Time" God-If He so Chooses—
with Exhaustive Knowledge of the Next five Seconds

III. When Master Guides Conflict: the Craig-Pinnock Dilemma

IV. Two Certain Dynamics: the Nature of Grandeur & Splendor

A. The Christ-Freedom Dynamic

B. The Shadow of Prayer Dynamic

1. Explained: Radiant Color of Life

2. Beyond the Fatiguing Cogitations to the Gushy Endearments of a
Genuine Father-Child Relationship-the Real Stuff of Life

3. Classical Theist Effigies-Literally Pushing a Mule Backwards, &
Other Infantile Rebellions Against the Essence of the N.T. Message

4. Yuck, Yuck Stuff-Bruce Ware's Effigy

5. N.T. Description of Our Relationship with Our Heavenly Father
—Simple, a Loving Father, Abba

V. Our Imago Dei-God is the Real Source of our Genuine Relationships

A. Our Imago Dei-The "Real" Issue of Our Genuine Relationship

B. In Our Genuine Relationship, What Changes for God?—
Not the Same 1,000 Ago as Today

C. Our "Imago Dei" Is the Very Validation of Genuineness,
That We Will One Day Enjoy Fully in Heaven

D. Where "Time," "Free-Will," "Sovereignty," and "Foreknowledge"
will be Swallowed up in Glory-and the Classical Theist Burden

VI. Home-Where Seeing God's Heart Dissipates Sovereignty

Appendix 1: Gleaning the Master Canyon Guides: Literature Reviews

Craig-Pinnock Dilemma: Literature Review Conclusion

Literature Review: 19 Diverse Works

1. Craig, William Lane. The Only Wise God

2. Pinnock, Clark H. Most Moved Mover

3. Boyd, Gregory A. God of the Possible

4. Maston, T.B. God's Will and Your Life

5. Rice, John R. Predestined for HELL? NO!

6. Hunt, David. What Love Is This?:
Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God

7. Basinger, David, and Randall Basinger. Predestination and Free Will:
Four Views of Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom:
J. Feinberg, N. Geisler, B. Reichenbach C. Pinnock

8. Beilby, James K., and Paul R. Eddy. Divine Foreknowledge:
Four Views: G. A. Boyd, D. Hunt, W. & P. Helm

9. Zagzebski, Linda Trinkaus.
"Recent Work on Divine Foreknowlege and Free Will."
In Robert Kane's The Oxford Handbook on Free Will

10. May, Rollo. Freedom and Destiny

11. Packer, J. I. Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

12. Geisler, Norman. Chosen But Free

13. Spurgeon, C. H. Sermons on Sovereignty

14. Strong, August H. Systematic Theology

15. White, James R. The Potter's Freedom

16. Boettner, Loraine. Reformed Doctrine of Predestination

17. Frame, John M. No Other God

18. Ware, Bruce A. God's Lesser Glory

19. Great Classics of Augustine, Aquinas, Edwards

20. Dihle, Albrecht. Theory of Will in Classical Antiquity

Appendix 2: Larger Context of This Book & the
War of Classical Theists Against Open Theists

1. Larger Context of This Book

2. The Lopsided Battleground

3. Persecution of the Most Moved Mover

Appendix 3: Grand Canyon Map of Where You & I Hiked

Abysmal Bibliography

I. Free-Will/Foreknowledge, Theology & Prayer

II. Time, Quantum Theory, Cosmology, Philosophy of Science

Grand Canyon Fishing Index

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