Dr. Robert Owens Chronicles the History of the Future

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 30, 2023

When we suffer in our search for truth we find greater meaning when we find it.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon 

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 29, 2023

There are three things that are hard to bear: 1. Wrestling with your bed unable to sleep. 2. Waiting for someone or something. 3. Trying to please someone and failing to do so.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon 

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 28, 2023

If we fear death, we will never enjoy life.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon 

Season Two Episode Fifteen of I Took a Right Turn Robert September 26, 2023

In Season Two Episode Fifteen of I Took a Right Turn Robert + Rosalie dive into John 3:16-18, they share their homegrown song, On Tomorrow, and Robert Reads Chapter Fifteen of America’s Trojan War.

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The Paradox of Free Will September 25, 2023

How can we possibly believe in free will since Christians believe in His Omniscience God knows everything we’ll do in advance, and we also believe He has a plan for our lives before we’re born?  So where is the free will?

God has perfect foreknowledge.  This means He knows the end from the beginning and thus He knows what everyone will do in the future and what any individual will do in any given situation. God has a complete plan for everyone’s life.  He knew how He wanted the universe to end before He created it and so He had a plan for every action needed to reach that end before the foundation of the world. 

If God wants a particular thing to happen, He knows who will choose to do it, when they will choose to do it, and under what circumstances they will choose to do it.  However, just because God already knows what choices we will make this in no way removes our free will. 

You see God is outside our space time continuum.  He is ever always in the now of eternity.  He not only knows the end He is also already there.   However, in this bubble, we call reality we are the ones making the choices.

One example might be to think about our own foreknowledge of History.  We know how World War One ended.  If we could go back in time to July of 1914 the fact that we already know how the War will end would not force anyone to do anything.  Our knowing that the assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria would knock over the first domino ending only with the Treaty of Versailles wouldn’t stop Gavrilo Princip from shooting Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

God created us with free choice.  That’s why He told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the trees in the center of the garden.  He told them not to do it, but He wouldn’t have said “Don’t do it,” if they couldn’t do it if they chose to.  Free choice means not only that we can choose to ignore God’s commands it also means we can freely choose to confess with our lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God has raised Him from the dead and so be saved.

It all hinges on free choice.  God is looking for children who choose to love and follow Him, not robots who have no choice.

God’s knowing what we will freely choose doesn’t mean that we are in any way forced to make that choice.  You can choose to believe this or not.

This is an excerpt from the book Love by Dr. Robert Owens.  This and all his books are available in paperback or kindle at Amazon.

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 24, 2023

Life is the best bargain we will ever find; we got it for nothing.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon 

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 23, 2023

If we don’t look to the future, we’ll only see the past.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon 

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 22, 2023

We can’t judge how good the fruit will be by the number of leaves on a tree.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon 

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 21, 2023

There is always a middle between a beginning and an end.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon 

An excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens September 20, 2023

Being alone is not nearly as isolating as being lonely.

This is an excerpt from the book New Old Sayings by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback or kindle at Amazon