Thursday, August 07, 2003 :::
THEOLOGY PROPER AT THE AREOPAGUS
Paul's sermon on Mars Hill, Athens, has continued to astound me over the years. Now I'm realizing how much theology he compressed into a few short sentences. I do believe these few verses from Acts 17 can settle the controversy over man's freewill and put to rest the "Open Theism" hypothesis:
24 God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being...
::: posted by Roderick of TMin at 10:41 PM
