Exodus 32 as an argument for traditional theism

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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I. RECENT FORMULATIONS DENYING IMMUTABILITY

Of the modern theological approaches, process theism must be considered as one of the most far-reaching. It bases its theology in large measure upon man as the ontological starting point.1 The existence and attributes of God are said to be corollary to those of man himself. God, too, is subject to time. He, too, is ever-changing.

More recently, some of these conclusions have been endorsed by branches of evangelicalism. The seminal bridge for this acceptance was built by Terrence Fretheim, ...

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