Philosophy

We have now produced study guides for each paper which build essay-writing (analytical and evaluative skills) step by step, and together…

Nature of God The three classic attributes of God include his omnipotence, omniscience and omnibenevolence. If we had to explain these…

How does God see us, all at once or moment by moment through our lives? Download the pictorial diagram below to begin…

The Nature of God Source: ovrlnd.com/Apologetics Natural Theology deals with what can be known about the existence and nature of God by…

Andrew Capone explains the key issues in the omnibenevolence, omnipotence and omnisicience of God. 4. nature of god from Peped  …

Critically assess the traditional Christian concept of God being eternal. The word ‘eternal’ has been defined in numerous different ways by…

How Fair is the Claim that an omnipotent God should be able to do absolutely anything, even the logically impossible? In…

Here is a list of possible exam questions for H573/1 section of the specification, using the guidance in the specification and…

I found these seventeen multiple choice questions quite brilliant – you can do them as a class (by voting and taking…

The Consolation Of Philosophy V: Divine Foreknowledge The Consolation of Philosophy (CP)  is Boethius’s most famous and original work. Written while…

source Anselm’s argument about God’s eternal timeless nature begins at the same point as his ontological argument: in the statement that…

source God is immutable in his basic character, but this does not mean that he cannot change at all. He is…

Charles Hartshorne Omnipotence and other Theological Mistakes, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1984, pp. 10-26. The idea of omnipotence…

23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of…

source Panentheism (Greek pan which means “all,” en which means “in,” and theos which means “God”) is the position that God is greater than the universe, that…

Omnipotence Source: Catholic Encylopaedia Omnipotence is the power of God to effect whatever is not intrinsically impossible. These last words of…

Click here for a very clear article on Aquinas and Peter Geach’s responce to Aquinas by Ralph McInery a notable Aquinas…

Power without self-contradiction Source: enjoyinggodministries.com Can God do anything and everything? Certain medieval theologians and later philosophers such as Rene Descartes argued…

Omniscience In this extract God’s omniscience is defined and considered by two scientists.  For the full article, click here. God’s omniscience…

Knowledge and God’s Simplicity Source: iep.utm.edu According to Aquinas, God is not dependent for his existence on anything, including his attributes….

The Eternal Now source: iep One way to challenge the conclusion of the incompatibility of free will and God’s knowledge of…

Omnibenevolence, sin and judgement If God creates us and wills that we be safe forever in eternal life with him, how…

Aquinas God’s Omnibenevolence It is written: “God is love” (John 4:16). We must needs assert that in God there is love:…

The nature of God's foreknowledge (one of his attributes, that eh knows what we do before we do it) is discussed…

Click here for John Mackie’s 1955 article Evil and Omnipotence. If you want notes on Mackie’s article to guide you through…

God’s Omnipotence – Gregory Rich Source: groups.wfu.edu Can an omnipotent God do anything, including things that are logically impossible, like make a…

The Nature Of God The following hyperlink contains the key readings and classic articles which a dedicated student would need concerning…

For an excellent clear discussion of the difference between “necessity of the consequence” and “necessity of the consequent” (subtle distinction, this…

The Nature Of God Guy Williams of Wellington College introduces issues around the nature of God, what we mean by the…

Peter van Inwagen discusses God’s foreknowledge (omniscience) and the problem of free will.

Dynamic and static views of time Robert Lawrence Kuhn (host of PBS’ “Closer to Truth”) asks William Lane Craig about God’s…