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Does Free Grace Theology Believe in Middle Knowledge?

August 1, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - foreknowledge, middle knowledge, open theism

The following question was put on the GES Facebook page: Your recent post [that mentioned middle knowledge] leaves me wanting to know what your view is on God’s omniscience? Do you hold to simple foreknowledge, divine decrees, open theism, or middle knowledge (obviously not)? Or is there something between Calvinism and Arminianism? Free Grace Theology

Plans for the Wicked (Proverbs 16:4)

May 14, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - foreknowledge, Proverbs, providence, wicked, wisdom

Question What are your thoughts on this verse? The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil (Prov 16:4). Answer I think of that verse in light of God’s foreknowledge and His providence over creation. As you probably know, Christians disagree over those subjects, and I’ve written

Foreknowledge Without Foreordination (1 Sam 23:10-13)

August 19, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - doctrine of God, foreknowledge, middle knowledge, predestination, simple foreknowledge, theology

God is omniscient. That is, God knows everything that could be, would be, has been, is, and will be. But how does God know the future? Upon what does His knowledge depend? Some people (e.g., Calvinists) claim that God’s foreknowledge depends upon His foreordination. For example, Lewis Sperry Chafer said, “Nothing could be foreknown as

God Is Omniscient: God’s Middle Knowledge

September 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - foreknowledge, middle knowledge, molinism, omniscience, systematic theology

Imagine that Laura is a doctor. Laura chose to become a doctor because her mother developed Lou Gehrig’s disease, and she had to learn how to care for her mother. That sparked Laura’s passion for medicine. But what if Laura’s mother had never developed the disease? Would Laura still have become a doctor? And is

God Is Omniscient: God’s Foreknowledge

September 6, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - foreknowledge, omniscience, systematic theology

God knows everything that is possible to know. But one question that has been hotly debated—is it possible for God to know the future? That is, does God have foreknowledge? What does the Bible say? First, it says that God can make declarations about the future because He knows the goals that He wants to