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Ochuk
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Posted 1/26/2004 9:00 AM (GMT -6)

Doc:

I recently finished God At Warand I must say two thumbs up! I am going to get started on Satan and the Problem of Evil one of these days, but its fatness is intimidating. I keep reading in endnotes of your books about this Myth of the Blueprint book, and I must say I am excited to read it. When is supposed to be published? What is it going to be about?

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Tiggers
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Posted 1/26/2004 11:07 AM (GMT -6)

Hey Ochuk,

I too, read God at war and give it the old thumbs up (way up)! This book changed the way I think and live today, truly! I read it in a book club and found the discussions that were generated by Doc’s ideas to be innovative, and yet back to the basics at the same time. I’ll never forget when I went into my Old Testament professor’s office at Gordon-Conwell one morning and told him about a great book I had read (i.e., God at War); however, he didn’t think it was such a great book. In fact,

he stated that the thesis was heresy and he couldn’t even believe that IVP would publish such a heretical work. So that pretty much ended my discussion of the book with him, and I changed the subject. Anyways, I’m with you Ochuk, that is, HEY DOC, WHEN’S THE 3RD VOLUME COMING OUT Tongue

!!!!!

Warmly in Christ,
Tiggers

“The notion that God uses evils as a means to such higher goods is, … incompatible with the doctrine that he is omnipotent, and therefore does not need to use deplorable means to achieve his ends” (J.L. Mackie).

John Earp
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Posted 1/26/2004 12:41 PM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by Ochuk

Doc:

I recently finished God At Warand I must say two thumbs up! I am going to get started on Satan and the Problem of Evil one of these days, but its fatness is intimidating. I keep reading in endnotes of your books about this Myth of the Blueprint book, and I must say I am excited to read it. When is supposed to be published? What is it going to be about?

I happened to read S&TPOE before GAW, and to me S&TPOE is a much better book. But part of the reason I felt this way is that I had read most of the popular books about spiritual warfare back in the 1980s and 90s, and so it is probably true that I was kinda burned out on the subject of spiritual warfare before I read Boyd's first volume in the trilogy.

I really can't wait to read the next one, though.

"The Discovery of new truth will modify old views and opinions, and there is perhaps no end to this process with finite minds in any world." Charles G. Finney, Systematic Theology.

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GregBoyd
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Posted 1/30/2004 4:11 AM (GMT -6)

Sorry folks, its gonna be a while before Myth of Blueprint comes out. Its very tedius, meticulous research and has to be done very well because I'm going after the "big cahuna" Augustine. He has a lot of defenders, so I basically have to prove every statement make. Its more work than I anticipated just by virtue of the VOLUME of lit. on the topic.

PLUS, I keep getting into other projects: Is God to Blame? Repenting of Religion (out in July). Seeing is Believing (out in April). Escaping the Matrix (presently working on). The Jesus Myth (presently working on). And my Hexagon obsession with Tom....

So, you'll have to give it a couple more years I'm afraid.

But I'm delighted you're interested!

Greg

"The responsibility is with the chooser -- God is blameless." Plato, Republic, 10.

Tiggers
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Posted 1/30/2004 9:03 AM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by GregBoyd

Sorry folks, its gonna be a while before Myth of Blueprint comes out. Its very tedius, meticulous research and has to be done very well because I'm going after the "big cahuna" Augustine. He has a lot of defenders, so I basically have to prove every statement make. Its more work than I anticipated just by virtue of the VOLUME of lit. on the topic.

PLUS, I keep getting into other projects: Is God to Blame? Repenting of Religion (out in July). Seeing is Believing (out in April). Escaping the Matrix (presently working on). The Jesus Myth (presently working on). And my Hexagon obsession with Tom....

So, you'll have to give it a couple more years I'm afraid.

But I'm delighted you're interested!

Greg

What..."a couple more years" did you say...c'mon, say it isn't so, dag, you're kill'n me here... Evil

!

Warmly in Christ,
Tiggers

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