The Partially Infinite God: An Exegetical Response to Greg Boyd’s The God of the Possible, Part I -- By: H. Wayne House

Journal: Conservative Theological Journal
Volume: CTJ 06:17 (Mar 2002)
Article: The Partially Infinite God: An Exegetical Response to Greg Boyd’s The God of the Possible, Part I
Author: H. Wayne House


The Partially Infinite God: An Exegetical Response to Greg Boyd’s The God of the Possible, Part I

H. Wayne House

Professor of Theological Studies
Faith Seminary, Tacoma, Washington

Introduction

Being an evangelical believer at the end of the second millennium of the Christian era is certainly not boring. The Christian church glories in the fact that the faith of the church was once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3), is built on the apostolic foundation (Eph 2:20), finds its source in the canonical Scriptures, and has been held in sacred trust by the church for nearly two thousand years. Nonetheless, novel ideas posed themselves against this sacred trust. Throughout the church’s history, numerous heresies have assailed the true doctrines of the Bible such as the justification by faith (Legalism),1 the doctrine of the Trinity

(Modalism),2 the deity (Arianism)3 and humanity (Gnosticism, Nestorianism, and Eutychianism)4 of Jesus Christ, and the sinfulness of man (Pelagianism).5

All of the above heresies tested the resolve of the theologians of the church and demanded renewed apologetic battles for the truth. New heresies arose in the 19th century, putting most of the settled controversies on the theological map again. From these came many

of the cults such as Christian Science,6 Mormonism7 and Jehovah’s Witnesses.8 We in evangelicalism felt safe, secure in our high view of the Scriptures with our emphasis on inerrancy.9 Recent days have begun to test our willingness to be faithful to the text and reasonable hermeneutics. Persons within our own ranks have developed implicit heresies, ones which are not blatant repudiations of orthodoxy, but if followed to their logical conclusions would deny the precious teachings of the historic church. We are all aware of the controversy of whether Jesus was truly raised in the same body in which He died.You must have a subscription and be logged in to read the entire article.
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