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The “Almighty” Problem in Scripture

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In my book The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence, I explain how omnipotence and almighty are not rightly associated with scripture. In this essay, I lay out the problem with English translations of the New Testament that call God "almighty." Almighty Is Rare “Almighty” appears ten times […]

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7 Reasons Omnipotence Leads to Atheism

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Evil https://www.amazon.com/Death-Omnipotence-Birth-Amipotence/dp/1948609916 The experience of evil leads millions to unbelief and most believers to bewilderment. Worshipping God as omnipotent implicates the Almighty as either causing or permitting horrendous events and unnecessary suffering. An […]

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Can God Decide to Stop Giving Life?

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At the conclusion of The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence, I address the question in this essay title. It comes in my discussion of amipotence, which is the power of God's uncontrolling love. The Spirit Gives Life The divine Spirit provides integrity, agency, self-organization, and […]

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Love Before Power

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In my forthcoming book, The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence, I argue that God's power is the power of love. And love comes first in God. In previous blogs, I’ve identified reasons we should stop saying God is omnipotent. And I wrote an essay on why "amipotence" is a good alternative […]

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Amipotence

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I'm working on the final chapter of a new book called, The Death of Omnipotence... and Birth of Amipotence. In previous blogs, I've identified reasons we should stop saying God is omnipotent. The final chapter in this new book explains the word "amipotence." Amipotence combines two Latin words ami […]

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God’s Nature Qualifies Omnipotence

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As part of a book I'm writing called The Death of Omnipotence ...and Birth of Amipotence, I'm devoting a whole chapter to the qualifications scholars make to omnipotence. The chapter is called "Death by a Thousand Qualifications." As the title of the chapter suggests, I note thousands of […]

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Mistranslating Pantokrater as “Omnipotent”

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The book I'm currently writing is called, The Death of Omnipotence. In it, I document the emergence of the idea God is almighty or omnipotent. In past blog essays, I've pointed out some of the problems that come from thinking of God's power in this way. In the book, I explain that the Hebrew words […]

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Omnipotence Not in Scripture

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I'm currently writing a book that rejects the doctrine of divine omnipotence. I'll suggest a replacement I call divine amipotence - the power of love. I introduced the writing project in this previous blog essay. One chapter in my book addresses God's power described in what Christians call the Old […]

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The Death of Omnipotence

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The title of my new book is "The Death of Omnipotence... and Birth of Amipotence." As the title suggests, I argue that God is not omnipotent. But instead of simply saying, "God can't do...," I propose a view of divine power I think is more biblically supported, philosophically coherent, and […]

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Keith Ward and a God of Love

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I recently wrote a chapter for a book celebrating the work of Keith Ward. My argument is that Ward offers a metaphysics that supports both a conceptual basis for love and a basis to view God as loving. God is Love Keith Ward believes an adequate account of love requires an equally adequate account […]

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Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books and professor at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho.

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