{"id":37735,"date":"2016-05-30T16:52:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T20:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=37735"},"modified":"2016-05-30T16:52:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T20:52:45","slug":"podcast-141-dr-r-t-mullins-is-god-timeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-141-dr-r-t-mullins-is-god-timeless\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 141 &#8211; Dr. R.T. Mullins &#8211; Is God timeless?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_382\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-37735-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities141.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities141.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities141.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities141.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=37735-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities141.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities141.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/019875518X\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-37737 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RT-Mullins-The-End-of-the-Timeless-God.jpg\" alt=\"RT Mullins - The End of the Timeless God\" width=\"293\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RT-Mullins-The-End-of-the-Timeless-God.jpg 293w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RT-Mullins-The-End-of-the-Timeless-God-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/RT-Mullins-The-End-of-the-Timeless-God-90x137.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><strong>Is God &#8220;outside of time&#8221;?<\/strong> What does this claim mean, and should a Christian affirm it?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. R.T. Mullins has just published <strong>a cutting-edge discussion<\/strong> of these and related\u00a0questions, called <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/019875518X\"><em>The End of the Timeless God<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. He explains\u00a0the latest distinctions from metaphysics concerning what time is, and what it is\u00a0for a being to last through some range of time (e.g. from 1983 up through\u00a0the present). He\u00a0argues at length\u00a0that a Christian should deny that God is timeless, contrary to the majority tradition since patristic times.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Dr. Mullins surveys current <strong>philosophies of time and change<\/strong>, explains his understanding of time, analyzes t<strong>he meaning of traditional claims that God is &#8220;timeless,&#8221;<\/strong> gives an objection or two to divine timelessness, and\u00a0discusses <strong>previous theologians<\/strong> who&#8217;ve taken the minority view that God is temporal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next week<\/strong>, Dr. Mullins and I will go deeper into his reasons for disagreeing with the\u00a0claim that God is timeless, and he also takes issue with some other divine attributes affirmed by &#8220;classical theism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Links for this episode:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nmhschool.academia.edu\/RyanMullins\">Dr. R.T. Mullins&#8217;s papers at Academia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>R.T. Mullins, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/019875518X\"><em>The End of the Timeless God<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/019875518X\">kindle<\/a>)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37741\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rory-Fox-Time-and-Eternity-in-Mid-Thirteenth-Century-Thought.jpg\" alt=\"Rory Fox - Time and Eternity in Mid-Thirteenth-Century Thought\" width=\"270\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rory-Fox-Time-and-Eternity-in-Mid-Thirteenth-Century-Thought.jpg 410w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rory-Fox-Time-and-Eternity-in-Mid-Thirteenth-Century-Thought-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rory-Fox-Time-and-Eternity-in-Mid-Thirteenth-Century-Thought-90x142.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/time\/\">Ned Markosian,&#8221;Time&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/newton-stm\/\">Robert Rynasiewicz, &#8220;Newton&#8217;s Views on Space, Time, and Motion&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/nicole-oresme\/\">Stefan Kirschner, &#8220;Nicole Oresme&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/clarke\/#3.1\">Yenter and Vailati, Samuel Clarke on Space and Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/gassendi\/#8\">Saul Fisher, Pierre Gassendi on space and time\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/indexicals\/\">David Braun, &#8220;Indexicals&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B000QTD4FS\">Rory Fox, <em>Time and Eternity in Mid-Thirteenth-Century Thought<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2014\/02\/12\/god-is-not-eternal\/\">Tony Jones on Nicholas Wolterstorf on God and time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/philoponus\/\">Christian Wildberg, &#8220;John Philoponus&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"podcast 102 \u2013 Dr. Brian Leftow on perfect being theology\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-102-dr-brian-leftow-on-perfect-being-theology\/\">podcast 102 \u2013 Dr. Brian Leftow on perfect being theology<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/modality-varieties\/\">Boris Kment, &#8220;Varieties of Modality&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"podcast 124 \u2013 a challenge to \u201cJesus is God\u201d apologists\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-124-a-challenge-to-jesus-is-god-apologists\/\">podcast 124 \u2013 a challenge to \u201cJesus is God\u201d apologists<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Today&#8217;s thinking music is\u00a0&#8220;<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/files\/jlbrock44\/35724\">Blue Like Venus<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>&#8221; by<\/strong> &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/people\/jlbrock44\">spinningmerkaba<\/a>.<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is God &#8220;outside of time&#8221;? 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