God's sovereingty – Faithroots

God is sovereign

As we think about who God is and what He is like, we keep coming back to those two big lies we can end up believing: that either God is not good or God is not sovereign (and sometimes both). In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were presented with this twin temptation and… Continue reading God is sovereign

Scripture, sovereignty and suffering: Where might that conversation with a rabbi have gone?

Remember my aborted conversation with the Rabbi. The dilemma that was put to him was that if God had done the great deeds recounted in the rest of Torah building up to the point in Deuteronomy when the people are about to enter the land of Canaan, then why do does it fall onto the… Continue reading Scripture, sovereignty and suffering: Where might that conversation with a rabbi have gone?

Why does Open Theism matter?

I’ve been spending a few days talking about Open Theism. Why have I given so much attention to what on the surface looks like an obscure theological viewpoint which is not widely known. I want to suggest that there are significant things at stake, not just theologically but pastorally as well. You see, whilst there… Continue reading Why does Open Theism matter?