The debate was about Open Theism. Bob Enyart is a talented debater, I do not question that. Ones ability to debate does not make for ones ability to discern theological positions CORRECTLY.
Open Theism was not invented until around the 1980's with Seventh-day Adventist theologian Richard Rice's book The Openness of God: The Relationship of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Free Will. I question Rice's ability to even understand the Bible, because as a 7th Day Adventists, he doesn't even know the basics of the gospel and our program today.
Rice was the only person to debate O.T. at the ETS. If Rice cannot even discern the law from grace being a 7th Day Adventist, how much more credible is he in regards to discerning who God is and His attributes. The foundation of Rice is built on sand and Bob Enyart built his house on that same sand. Watch how they sink, watch how they sink!
The concept of Open Theism is only 28 years old. I need not say anything further except that I disagree with it and it is only 28 years old.
Did I mention that Open Theism was invented around 28 years ago?
Dr. Norman Geisler's book ‘’Creating God in the Image of Man?’’ shows that Open Theism is a heresy and that the traditional attributes of God are true.
Did I mention that Open Theism was invented around 28 years ago?
I will leave the Open Theism debate for another place. The point of this was that IF Bob Enyart is a Bible scholar then he needs to join the ETS and debate others over at ETS.
He can apply here: http://www.etsjets.org/
Also, he needs to have more than just O.T. positions to debate.
Did I mention that Open Theism is around 28 years old and Dr. Rice is the first person to bring this concept over to the ETS for debate? Mind you, Rice is a 7th Day Adventist, who cannot even understand the basics of law and grace. Who is he to comment on God's attributes? The same goes for Enyart.
You seem stuck on this 28 year time span. Did you know that Jonah was an Open Theist? I think he lived more than 28 year ago.
Did you know that Moses and Abraham were Open Theists? I think they lived a little more than 28 years ago.
Did you know that God was an Open Theist? We even have His written Word where He tells us that He changes His "mind". He tells us that just because He says that something is going to happen doesn't mean it's going to happen. He has the option to NOT do what He said He was going to do.
That sound pretty open to me.
I even found some books that are older than 28 years old that express Open Theist ideas. Here's one:
Gordon C. Olson's The Foreknowledge of God was printed in 1941. I think that is older the 28 years old?
Could you at least admit that Open Theism is older than 28 years old and that you were in error?