Kirk Bagby
Against Open Theism
Open Theism is a new system of theology developed at the end of the 20th century. The 1994 book The Openness of God launched open theism...
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Kirk Bagby
- Dec 5, 2022
- 15 min
Do Relationships Require Risk?: A Response to Open Theism
1 Introduction: What is open theism? Open theism is a system of theology which denies God’s exhaustive foreknowledge in favor of...
Kirk Bagby
- Dec 5, 2022
- 27 min
Must Clarence Eat the Omelet?: A Response to Open Theism
1 Introduction Open theism is a theological system whose most distinct doctrine is the denial of God’s exhaustive foreknowledge in favor...
Kirk Bagby
- Jul 26, 2022
- 9 min
The Meaning of "Election" According to Romans
Defining the doctrine of election has been a controversial topic in the church for many centuries. Reformed and Wesleyan scholars propose...
Kirk Bagby
- Jul 26, 2022
- 38 min
The Doctrine of Human Will
Outline Introduction Understanding God’s Nature God’s Goodness God’s Sovereignty God’s Will Understanding Human Will Human Will before...
Kirk Bagby
- Jul 26, 2022
- 8 min
Review of "The Global Church"
Donald Fairbairn provides a succinct history of Christianity in the patristic period in his book The Global Church: The First Eight...
Kirk Bagby
- Jul 26, 2022
- 14 min
How to Disciple Bible College Students
A few years ago, Kentucky Mountain Bible College (KMBC) saw the need to disciple its students. Thus, KMBC started a discipleship program...
Kirk Bagby
- May 18, 2022
- 9 min
The Value of the Virgin Birth
The Apostles’ Creed declares that Jesus was “conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary.” Albertus Pieters, writing in the...
Kirk Bagby
- May 15, 2022
- 9 min
The Early Church Against Open Theism
Open theism is a new way of understanding God’s relationship with His creation that denies God’s exhaustive foreknowledge. Open theism...
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