tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382534.post2862221078887210669..comments2010-02-21T10:59:13.905-05:00John Piippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10629118383980527338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382534.post-91621447968442528932010-02-21T10:59:13.905-05:002010-02-21T10:59:13.905-05:00Kerrin, you can get good resources from William Lane Craig ( just google him.) I think you will enjoy his ideas about predestination explained through God&#39;s Middle Knowledge.<br /><br />TeoTeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02926240749658936972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382534.post-21091583656362267152009-06-28T01:54:29.023-04:002009-06-28T01:54:29.023-04:00Very helpful! Thank you.<br /><br />I have ordered those books.<br /><br />I have read most of the Institutes and find Calvin&#39;s thoughts very different from Calvinism, indeed.<br /><br />What is your opinion of Barth? I&#39;m intrigued by what I&#39;ve read so far. Is he worth reading, in your opinion?kerrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768462386226334529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382534.post-30200207029987783352009-06-26T07:24:02.795-04:002009-06-26T07:24:02.795-04:00Hi Kerrin - a good place to start would be the Witherington book I reference here. Ben is a great NT scholar, an excellent thinker and writer.<br /><br />N.T. Wright&#39;s Justification book would probably need to be read along the way, where he challenges the Calvinism of John Piper.<br /><br />The collective works of Greg Boyd serve as a biblical alternative to Calvinism. See this link here - Boyd vs. John Piper. http://submerging.reclaimingthemind.org/blogs/2007/08/27/gregory-boyd-vs-john-piper-on-the-catastrophe-in-mn/<br /><br />Also, in my doctoral program, I did some work with a Calvin scholar. I read portions of Calvin&#39;s Institutes. Actually reading Calvin can be helpful, since, as we know, even Calvinism is not now all that Calvin would have hoped it would be.<br /><br />It&#39;s good to hear from you! I&#39;ll be in Philadelphia at Villanova U July 3-4-5 speaking on &quot;Evangelism &amp; the Kingdom of God.&quot;<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />JohnJohn Piippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10629118383980527338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382534.post-22544407949713324512009-06-25T22:27:12.849-04:002009-06-25T22:27:12.849-04:00John,<br /><br />I really appreciate your writings and blog. They are refreshing to me.<br /><br />I could use your help with something: where do I begin to escape Calvinism? My Christian walk sort of came of age emerged in Calvinism/Neo-Calvinism. Over the past few years through personal study of Philosophy and some Church History, I&#39;ve grown increasingly disenfranchised with Calvinism... I know Christianity is real to me, but I need some book recommendations to keep me on track without rejecting faith altogether. In particular dealing with Sovereignty and Agent Causation (free will) biblically would be helpful. Thanks!<br /><br />kerrinkerrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768462386226334529noreply@blogger.com