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Who Is God?
Who is God? The answer you give to this question will have a profound impact upon your life. It establishes the sense of secruity and confindence in which you live. It influences every decision you make and every prayer you pray. Your concept of God is at the foundation of everything you believe and everything you do. Who Is God will shift your foundation; you will be challenged. In the end, God will be more real and personal to you.
231 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2008
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March 14, 2011
This book made me think about my concept of God and if it is sound or not. Here is what I found: I agree with what he says mostly. There were many ideas that he set out that I realized that I already believed or had to tweak a little. (God is relational. He is sovereign in that He can do anything, but has left a lot for us to have a say so in. Some things, God has a specific will on and some things He wants our input. God can change His mind, but His nature does not change.) There are some things that he put out there that I am not sure about - that I want to think about more. (God is not timeless. So, how does He reveals things to come that He does not have a hand in - disaster for instance. God is not omnipresent. Where is He then?) There are some things that he put out there that I am leaning away from believing. (God causes suffering and sometimes death. I just don't see this in the model of Jesus. Believing this could pull us from trusting God instead of boosting that relationship.) So, is your view of God actually Biblical? I think we have to view God in a consistently Biblical way - not just pulling one instance and saying that "God is ..." based on that once time and not considering the rest of what we see. When reading this book, I had to determine which was the Open View and which was Eberle's view. I also had to run everything through the person of Jesus and see if it matched with His example of God. ("If you've seen me, then you've seen the Father.") So, all of that being said, I thought this was a rather good book and really got me thinking meta-cognitively.
August 25, 2018
Who is God? Which God are we talking about?
Our concept of God can be so radically influenced by the hermeneutics and teachings we adhere too, and by the theological camp we live or grew up in. This book is an open view and Biblically base view point without the theological biases passed down from the Western-Greco Church. I was astonished how much of my bible belief system is based on Greek philosophy, and it’s influence on the early church fathers such as Augustine, Martin Luther and John Calvin. However, if you dare break from these camps some how you are a heretic or suffer from poor scholarship. I enjoyed the author’s open view of God. I had so many nagging questions that had haunted or confused me all my life and many were answered in a beautiful systematic theological approach. Everyone should read this book with an open mind, if you dare or if you can! It’s an open dialog to learn more about our Heavenly Father and to walk with Him in a more intimate way.
Our concept of God can be so radically influenced by the hermeneutics and teachings we adhere too, and by the theological camp we live or grew up in. This book is an open view and Biblically base view point without the theological biases passed down from the Western-Greco Church. I was astonished how much of my bible belief system is based on Greek philosophy, and it’s influence on the early church fathers such as Augustine, Martin Luther and John Calvin. However, if you dare break from these camps some how you are a heretic or suffer from poor scholarship. I enjoyed the author’s open view of God. I had so many nagging questions that had haunted or confused me all my life and many were answered in a beautiful systematic theological approach. Everyone should read this book with an open mind, if you dare or if you can! It’s an open dialog to learn more about our Heavenly Father and to walk with Him in a more intimate way.
November 9, 2018
I enjoyed reading this book. I had never heard of 'open-theism' before. This book was given to me by my FIL; otherwise I never would have read it.
It certainly did make me think of all the different points he made regarding how most trained ministers of the Gospel get their views about God, (and therefore us) what they are preaching/teaching and how that doesn't line up with the Word.
I can't say that I agree with him on every point. For one thing-it's so different from anything that I've read or heard before that I'm still thinking about what I read and digesting it. I think it's certainly a good book to read to get a totally different view about God than we've been taught, but I also realized that a lot of my views are in line with what he's teaching.
My MIL asked my FIL why he'd give me such a book heavy in hermeneutics but I did not find it hard to understand at all, and enjoyed thinking differently than how I've been taught.
It certainly did make me think of all the different points he made regarding how most trained ministers of the Gospel get their views about God, (and therefore us) what they are preaching/teaching and how that doesn't line up with the Word.
I can't say that I agree with him on every point. For one thing-it's so different from anything that I've read or heard before that I'm still thinking about what I read and digesting it. I think it's certainly a good book to read to get a totally different view about God than we've been taught, but I also realized that a lot of my views are in line with what he's teaching.
My MIL asked my FIL why he'd give me such a book heavy in hermeneutics but I did not find it hard to understand at all, and enjoyed thinking differently than how I've been taught.
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February 7, 2011
this is quite a provocative book. this book will shake every idea you've ever had about your view of God. what i really like about this is that Eberle doesnt just try to prove an opinion or popular view of God, but he goes to the Bible and shows you what it has to say about God's character. in a nutshell, this book is about open theism or the open view of God--which he more accurately calls the biblical view. through the book, he shows the origins of the classical view of God--which you probably have and don't know it--and he reveals that it stems more from Greek philosophy than Scripture. he contrasts the classical view with the open, or biblical, view and does a great job of really completely ruining your theology. in a good way. i'm still wrestling with aspects of this view that i dont understand and maybe even dont want to understand. but this really shifted my thinking from the classical view. not only is Eberle's exegesis sound, but so is his logic and train of thought. he shows you the Bible, yes, but also shows the inconsistencies within the classical view.
i really enjoyed this book. i wouldnt say its written that well, though. it's pretty dry and tedious most of the time, but its very informative and profound. i can confidently say that this book changed my life, in that it changed my perspective to lean more toward the open view. i still need to read more on this subject, so i'm going to take Eberle's advice and read some of his "recommended reading".
i really enjoyed this book. i wouldnt say its written that well, though. it's pretty dry and tedious most of the time, but its very informative and profound. i can confidently say that this book changed my life, in that it changed my perspective to lean more toward the open view. i still need to read more on this subject, so i'm going to take Eberle's advice and read some of his "recommended reading".
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