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Dr. Aaron H.Y. Chan (Singapore/Indonesia) investigates the complex interplay between divine and human agency in the Book of Proverbs, offering a theological framework that challenges traditional views of opposition or competition between God's action and human freedom. Drawing from Old Testament wisdom scholarship, Chan surveys anthropocentric and theocentric tendencies before proposing a "concurrentist" account based in creation theology, where both agencies can cooperate without negating one another.
Through close engagement with Proverbs and key scholars, he argues for a non-contrastive understanding of divine transcendence—showing how human efficacy and divine initiative work harmoniously. This presentation is from Theo Global in Southeast Asia.
00:00 Proverbs: Human vs. Divine Agency
06:20 Proverbs' Creator-Centric Theology
07:58 "Yahweh as Creator in Proverbs"
11:11 "Yahweh: The Holy Other"
15:07 "Divine Creation of Human Faculties"
21:40 "Divine Victory and Human Effort"
23:15 "Divine and Human Agency Dynamics"
27:37 Concurrentism: Harmonizing Divine and Human Agency
32:51 Divine and Human Agency United
35:54 Divine and Human Agency Harmony
37:41 "Wisdom: The Path to Eden"
PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING - solamedia.org/theologytogether
Get your copy of the first release of Theology Together, a five-volume theology series created in partnership with Zondervan featuring leading theologians from across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
REV. DR. AARON H.Y. CHAN is Lecturer and Head of Mandarin Program, Southeast Asia Bible Seminary in Indonesia.
THEO GLOBAL
Theo Global annual symposiums gather brothers and sisters who teach theology in more than 70 seminaries and Bible colleges around the world. Our annual events include South Asia, East Africa, and the Middle East. We are working to expand to Southeast Asia and Latin America in the near future.
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Dr. Aaron H.Y. Chan (Singapore/Indonesia) investigates the complex interplay between divine and human agency in the Book of Proverbs, offering a theological framework that challenges traditional views of opposition or competition between God's action and human freedom. Drawing from Old Testament wisdom scholarship, Chan surveys anthropocentric and theocentric tendencies before proposing a "concurrentist" account based in creation theology, where both agencies can cooperate without negating one another.
Through close engagement with Proverbs and key scholars, he argues for a non-contrastive understanding of divine transcendence—showing how human efficacy and divine initiative work harmoniously. This presentation is from Theo Global in Southeast Asia.
00:00 Proverbs: Human vs. Divine Agency
06:20 Proverbs' Creator-Centric Theology
07:58 "Yahweh as Creator in Proverbs"
11:11 "Yahweh: The Holy Other"
15:07 "Divine Creation of Human Faculties"
21:40 "Divine Victory and Human Effort"
23:15 "Divine and Human Agency Dynamics"
27:37 Concurrentism: Harmonizing Divine and Human Agency
32:51 Divine and Human Agency United
35:54 Divine and Human Agency Harmony
37:41 "Wisdom: The Path to Eden"
PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING - solamedia.org/theologytogether
Get your copy of the first release of Theology Together, a five-volume theology series created in partnership with Zondervan featuring leading theologians from across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
REV. DR. AARON H.Y. CHAN is Lecturer and Head of Mandarin Program, Southeast Asia Bible Seminary in Indonesia.
THEO GLOBAL
Theo Global annual symposiums gather brothers and sisters who teach theology in more than 70 seminaries and Bible colleges around the world. Our annual events include South Asia, East Africa, and the Middle East. We are working to expand to Southeast Asia and Latin America in the near future.
solamedia.org/theoglobal
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Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world.
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