An Arminian Response To — John Sanders's The God ...

Arminians agree that God is personal and enters into authentic relationships involving mutual influence.

Both perspectives affirm that humans possess the freedom to choose otherwise and that God’s grace is resistible. AN ARMINIAN RESPONSE TO JOHN SANDERS'S THE GOD ...

The primary point of divergence is Sanders' denial of exhaustive divine foreknowledge. Arminians agree that God is personal and enters

Arminians join Sanders in rejecting the Calvinist view that God foreordains every detail of history. Key Arminian Critiques Arminians join Sanders in rejecting the Calvinist view

Arminians generally support several foundational aspects of Sanders' work:

In his book The God Who Risks , John Sanders advocates for "open theism" (or "relational theism"), a model where God enters into genuine, give-and-take relationships with humans and sovereignly chooses to take risks because He does not exhaustively foreknow future contingent actions. While traditional Arminians share Sanders' emphasis on human libertarian freedom and relationality, they offer a distinct response—most notably voiced by Robert E. Picirilli —that defends classical divine omniscience while rejecting Sanders' "presentism". Points of Theological Agreement