They sat together in the park as the evening sky grew dark.

She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.

Twas then he felt alone and wished

that he'd gone straight and watched out for a simple twist of faith.

Bill, we're continuing a series on five of your books.

We've produced a podcast on these select books in the past, but this is a chance

for all of us to go behind the scenes and hear your reminiscences of the writing of each one. Next up, The Only Wise God, published in 1987.

You tackle one of the most pondered theological questions.

Give us a brief overview.

This is a book about the computer. questions. Give us a brief overview.

This is a book about the compatibility of divine foreknowledge and human freedom.

If God knows everything that you are going to do in the future, and if God cannot be mistaken

and holds no false beliefs, then are you really free to do other than what God knows you will do?

Isn't everything fated to occur in light of God's infallible foreknowledge of the future.

Some Christian theologians have said yes, such as Martin Luther and Jonathan Edwards.

Others, however, have disputed that claim.

And in this book, I wanted to examine

the compatibility of divine foreknowledge of the future with libertarian free will.

You've dedicated this book to Clark and Ann Petichord introduces.

Well Clark and Anne were very dear friends that Jan and I met

when we began to study at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

in the MA program in Philosophy of Relig. Trinity they took us under their wing and showed us the ropes at Trinity, navigating a seminary education.

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