{"product_id":"the-openness-of-god-a-biblical-challenge-to-the-traditional-understanding-of-god-paperback-1","title":"The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClark H. Pinnock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Rice\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVoted one of \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today's\u003c\/em\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Openness of God\u003c\/em\u003e presents a careful and full-orbed argument that the God known through Christ desires \"responsive relationship\" with his creatures. While it rejects process theology, the book asserts that such classical doctrines as God's immutability, impassibility and foreknowledge demand reconsideration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors insist that our understanding of God will be more consistently biblical and more true to the actual devotional lives of Christians if we profess that \"God, in grace, grants humans significant freedom\" and enters into relationship with a genuine \"give-and-take dynamic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Openness of God\u003c\/em\u003e is remarkable in its comprehensiveness, drawing from the disciplines of biblical, historical, systematic and philosophical theology. Evangelical and other orthodox Christian philosophers have promoted the \"relational\" or \"personalist\" perspective on God in recent decades. Now here is the first major attempt to bring the discussion into the evangelical theological arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresents A Careful and Full-Orbed Argument that the God known through Christ desires \"responsive relationship\" with his creatures. While it rejects process theology, the book asserts that such classical doctrines as God's immutability, impassibility and foreknowledge demand reconsideration. The authors insist that our understanding of God will be more consistently biblical and more true to the actual devotional lives of Christians if we profess that \"God, in grace, grants humans significant freedom\" and enters into relationship with a genuine \"give-and-take dynamic\". The Openness of God is remarkable in its comprehensiveness, drawing from the disciplines of biblical, historical, systematic and philosophical theology. Evangelical and other orthodox Christian philosophers have promoted the \"relational\" or \"personalist\" perspective on God in recent decades. But here is the first major attempt to bring the discussion into the evangelical theological arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.99 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42607568978016,"sku":"9780830818525","price":41.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/M3BEaHprRWdGMlRGN2xJcDVnbmVSUT09.webp?v=1771880110","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-openness-of-god-a-biblical-challenge-to-the-traditional-understanding-of-god-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}