tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post4061039265901014041..comments2024-03-07T06:52:34.516+00:00Comments on Exiled Preacher: Remythologizing Theology by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Review Part 4)Guy Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-78977234207124856232010-10-13T16:57:51.489+01:002010-10-13T16:57:51.489+01:00don't think that's right. Vanhoozer gives ...don't think that's right. Vanhoozer gives attention to this matter in Chapter 7, where he discusses the question, "Does God author evil?". He suggests a multiperspectival approach,<br /><br />"The Bible distinguishes at least three 'agent perspectives' on the theodramatic action. Sometimes a biblical author will focus on human action, at other times on demonic forces, but at all times and in all places they all communicate, at least indirectly, the overarching agency of the Author".(p. 348)<br /><br />E.g. Genesis 50:20, where Joseph's brothers meant to do him evil, but God meant it for good. So with the fall. Demonic and human agents meant it for evil. But God meant it for good, for the greater display of his glory in salvation and judgement.Guy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-86945308957457639482010-10-13T15:12:54.331+01:002010-10-13T15:12:54.331+01:00It seems like Vanhoozer has some helpful things to...It seems like Vanhoozer has some helpful things to say here. I'm not sure though, that reformed theology can ever be freed from the characterization that human beings are merely puppets in the hand of God, until it is willing to abandon the idea that the fall was a product of God's determinative will. It seems to me that whatever else is said, it is this distinctive that most contributes to the "puppetmaster" characterization. Do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com