The God of classical orthodoxy - that is to say, the God of Augustine, Aquinas, the Reformers, the Puritans and so on - is a dynamic, relational, infinitely alive God.
However, in recent years a group of ex-evangelical writers who call themselves 'Open Theists' and 'radicalised Arminians' have claimed that the traditional Christian understanding of God makes him static, remote, detached and unfeeling. The debate between orthodox Christians and open theists proceeds apace and is producing a vast literature. The questions that follow are intended to highlight in summary form some of the leading inconsistencies and dangers of open theism.
Those wishing to pursue in more detail the issues raised here will find much food for thought in the following four books. The first two are presentations of Open Theism by two of its leading proponents. The next two are devastating critiques of open theism:
