{"id":31779,"date":"2025-05-27T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=31779"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:28:08","slug":"thomas-oord-if-god-cant-what-about-miracles-other-questions","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/thomas-oord-if-god-cant-what-about-miracles-other-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Oord: If God Can&#8217;t, What About Miracles? &#038; Other Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with Tom Oord again about a lot of questions that came up in light of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/tom-oord-how-to-believe-in-god-and-love-after-tragedy-and-abuse\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">our conversation<\/a>\u00a0about his book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781948609128\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>God Can\u2019t: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils<\/em><\/a><em>:\u00a0<\/em>If &#8220;God Can&#8217;t&#8221; determine outcomes unilaterally, what\u00a0<em>can<\/em>\u00a0God do? What about miracles? What about the renewal of all things? Can we be confident that God&#8217;s love will &#8220;win&#8221; in the end? This was another mind-stretching conversation on open and relational theology.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord is a best-selling and award-winning author, having written or edited more than thirty books.\u00a0<em>Academic Influence<\/em>\u00a0ranks him among the most influential theologians in the 21st century. Oord directs doctoral programs at Northwind Theological Seminary and directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology. He is known for his research and writing on love, open and relational theology, science and religion, evil and power, and the implications of freedom and relationships for transformation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Gravity Commons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravityleadership.com\/message\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leave us a message or ask a question<\/a>\u00a0about this or any other episode and we&#8217;ll answer it on a future episode.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00danete a la comunidad Gravity<\/a>\u00a0to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Are you interested in advertising on the Gravity Podcast?<\/strong>\u00a0Contact us at podcast@gravitycommons.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with Tom Oord again about a lot of questions that came up in light of\u00a0our conversation\u00a0about his book\u00a0God Can\u2019t: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils:\u00a0If &#8220;God Can&#8217;t&#8221; determine outcomes unilaterally, what\u00a0can\u00a0God do? 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