Ep 9: Thomas Jay Oord and the Open Future of God

The Christian Transhumanist Podcast

In this episode, Micah Redding & Thomas Jay Oord talk about free will, predestination, and the open-ended future of God - and explore deep questions about miracles, science, and recent blockbuster movies.

• Thomas Jay Oord's blog and new book, The Uncontrolling Love of God
• What is open theism?
• Why open theism sounds different than traditional theology, and the three options: Calvinism, Arminianism, and Openness.
• The things that lead people to embrace open theism, including: scripture, theology, philosophy, and science
• Scriptures about God changing his mind
• Abraham and Moses argue with God, shouldn't you?
• Open theism & eschatology
• What Jesus doesn't know
• Your grandmother is an open theist
• What you do really matters
• How to find God's wonderful plan for your life
• God in an Open Universe
• Science and the question of whether time is real
• John Polkinghorne
• Miracles and the anthropic principle
• Exodus: Gods and Kings and some of the controversy about its miracles