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The God Who Acts: Robert John Russell on Divine Intervention and Divine Action
Does God need to supernaturally "intervene" in order to bring about the diversity of life that we observe today? Is that kind of action different from God’s ordinary action? We begin our three-part series with Robert John Russell’s description of how views of divine action have changed throughout history, excerpted from his book Cosmology: From Alpha to Omega. Part 2 addresses why “intervention” in the natural world is a problem philosophically, theologically, and scientifically; and Part 3 explains Russell’s own theory of divine action in the natural world.
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The God Who Acts: Robert John Russell on Divine Intervention and Divine Action, Part 1
The notion of God’s acting in the world is central to the biblical witness. From the call of Abraham and the Exodus from Egypt, to the birth, ministry, death and raising of Jesus, God is represented as making new things happen.
The God Who Acts: Robert John Russell on Divine Intervention and Divine Action, Part 2
In scripture, God is everywhere and always present, always knowing and always acting. There aren’t any phenomena that proceed completely independently of God.
The God Who Acts: Robert John Russell on Divine Intervention and Divine Action, Part 3
The Enlightenment view of an “interventionist” God does not accurately reflect a biblical understanding of a Creator who is both transcendent and immanent—fully present and continuously involved in his creation.