Defenders of divine atemporality may attempt to escape the force of this argument by contending either that a timeless being can know tensed facts or else that ignorance of tensed facts is compatible with divine omniscience. Kvanvig, Wierenga, and Leftow adopt both of these strategies in their various defenses of divine timelessness. Their respective solutions are analyzed in detail and shown to be untenable.

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The Nature of God: An Inquiry into Divine Attributes

Omniscience, Tensed Facts, and Divine Eternity

Scriptural inspiration has traditionally been understood by Christian theologians to be plenary, verbal, and confluent. But how is the plenary, verbal inspiration of Scripture compatible with Scripture's being a truly divine-human product? How can one hold to the verbal inspiration of the whole of Scripture without lapsing into a dictation theory of inspiration which, in effect, extinguishes the human author? A theory of divine inspiration based upon God's middle knowledge is proposed, according to which God knew what the authors of Scripture would freely write when placed in certain circumstances. By arranging for the authors of Scripture to be in the appropriate circumstances, God can achieve a Scripture which is a product of human authors and also is His Word. Such a theory is compared and contrasted with similar views expressed by Lessius and Wolterstorff.

The Nature of God: An Inquiry into Divine Attributes

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Omniscience, Tensed Facts, and Divine Eternity

“Men Moved By the Holy Spirit Spoke From God” (2 Peter 1:21): AMiddle Knowledge Perspective on Biblical Inspiration

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Omniscience, Tensed Facts, and Divine Eternity

“Men Moved By the Holy Spirit Spoke From God” (2 Peter 1:21): AMiddle Knowledge Perspective on Biblical Inspiration

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