I haven’t checked in on your blog for a week or so, so I realize I am late on this post. I walked away from the Reformed Church about 30 years ago because of such issues as this – vowing I would never return. One thing I learned from that decision was that I really can never say “Never” to God – I returned to an RCA fellowship about 12 years ago. Fortunately they do not demand that I adhere to all of their traditional theological positions.

The issue of your topic here was very close to the surface of a discussion in one of our adult ed classes recently. I threw out the statement; “Just because God knows everything doesn’t mean He determines everything.” You would have thought I dropped the ‘F-bomb’ in there. (In fact, that may have been less offensive in some ways.) But there it was … so it had to be dealt with. Soon the discussion actually became amiable, and people were beginning to wonder why they ‘believed’ what they do believe. I think it’s healthy to challenge our beliefs so that we can establish for ourselves our core-convictions. It helps to eradicate dogmatism – one of the biggest hindrances to the expansion of the Gospel.

God’s people are thinking again. Thanks for the post.