No Other God: A Response to Open Theism

Open theism, the theological position that God does not possess exhaustive foreknowledge of future events and that his plans are genuinely open to revision based on human decisions, has generated significant debate within evangelical and Reformed Christianity. Proponents argue that it offers a more coherent account of prayer, human freedom, and divine responsiveness. Critics argue that it fundamentally undermines the biblical portrait of God as sovereign, omniscient, and utterly dependable. John Frame is among the critics, but he engages open theism with the precision and biblical rigor that have characterized his entire theological career. In No Other God, Frame provides a clear and accessible description of what open theism actually claims, evaluates its central arguments carefully against the full witness of Scripture, and offers a constructive Reformed alternative that takes seriously both genuine human decision-making and the uncompromised sovereignty of God. Frame's response is not merely polemical. He uses the occasion to sharpen his own positive account of the relationship between God's eternal purposes and the contingent events of history, arguing that the God of Scripture is not threatened by human freedom but is the very ground on which genuine human agency becomes possible. Endorsed by John Piper, William Edgar, and Roger Nicole, No Other God is an essential resource for any reader navigating this important and ongoing theological debate.