I am God, and there is no one like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, (Isaiah 46:9c-10a NASB)
Is the God of Process Theology the God of the Bible? This question will be answered in this essay. The God of Scriptures is sovereign (1 Tim. 6:15), immutable (Mal. 3:6), infinite (Jer. 10:10), perfect (Mat. 5:48), and prophetic (Is. 14:24). However, the God of Whitehead’s Process Theology is a source of meaning and reason; it changes and is changed, it is everlasting but imperfect and does not know the future. Therefore, the God of the Bible cannot be identical to the God of Process Theology. These are a few core issues and not an exhaustive list. Nevertheless, Process Theology’s most significant contribution to Spiritual Formation is a challenge to take up and contend the faith that was once for …show more content…
This view is an enormous difference from the God that said through Isaiah; He could declare the end from the beginning (46:10). The apostle John knew of Isaiah’s God when He told the church that God knows everything (1 Jn. 3:20). Perhaps a Process Theologian will point out passages in which God changes His mind and suggest that God did not know the future. However, as the Wesleyan Theologian, Dr. Ted Campbell points out, the Scriptures are their own best interpreters and unclear passages should be understood according to the meaning of clear passages (Campbell, 64). For example, during the Passover meal, Jesus tells Peter that before a rooster crows, he will deny Jesus three times (Matt. 26:34) and a few hours later that is what happens (26:75). Jesus also foretold the destruction of the Temple (Lk. 21:6) some forty years before it happened. These are just two of, by some estimates, thousands of prophecies in the Bible. Prophecy raises a serious question for the Process Theologian, if God cannot predict the future, then what are the origins of these
Is the God of Process Theology the God of the Bible? This question will be answered in this essay. The God of Scriptures is sovereign (1 Tim. 6:15), immutable (Mal. 3:6), infinite (Jer. 10:10), perfect (Mat. 5:48), and prophetic (Is. 14:24). However, the God of Whitehead’s Process Theology is a source of meaning and reason; it changes and is changed, it is everlasting but imperfect and does not know the future. Therefore, the God of the Bible cannot be identical to the God of Process Theology. These are a few core issues and not an exhaustive list. Nevertheless, Process Theology’s most significant contribution to Spiritual Formation is a challenge to take up and contend the faith that was once for …show more content…
This view is an enormous difference from the God that said through Isaiah; He could declare the end from the beginning (46:10). The apostle John knew of Isaiah’s God when He told the church that God knows everything (1 Jn. 3:20). Perhaps a Process Theologian will point out passages in which God changes His mind and suggest that God did not know the future. However, as the Wesleyan Theologian, Dr. Ted Campbell points out, the Scriptures are their own best interpreters and unclear passages should be understood according to the meaning of clear passages (Campbell, 64). For example, during the Passover meal, Jesus tells Peter that before a rooster crows, he will deny Jesus three times (Matt. 26:34) and a few hours later that is what happens (26:75). Jesus also foretold the destruction of the Temple (Lk. 21:6) some forty years before it happened. These are just two of, by some estimates, thousands of prophecies in the Bible. Prophecy raises a serious question for the Process Theologian, if God cannot predict the future, then what are the origins of these