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constructive theology for co-creating the future

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Tag Archives: the sons of Elohim

God’s cosmos, creation and free will.

Does the creation account of Genesis give confidence to the claim that God has given us free will in a meaningful and valuable sense?
Is my free will a gift of God I am squandering?

Posted byStephen Thompson5th Jan 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags:Adam and Eve, But Noah found grace, free will in Genesis, freedom and agency, Nephilim, squandering God's gifts, the sons of Elohim, theology of free will1 Comment on God’s cosmos, creation and free will.
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