In his book, The Only Wise God: The Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Human
Freedom (Wipf & Stock, 2000; originally Baker Book House, 1987), to
support from the Bible the concept of Middle Knowledge (Molinism), William Lane
Craig can only appeal to two biblical texts (1 Sam 23:6-13 and Matt 11:20-24
[pp. 131-33]). Additionally, Craig realises that the biblical basis for this
view of foreknowledge is weak when he writes, "It would be difficult to
prove in any direct way that he does, for the biblical passages are not
unequivocal" (p. 137). On the corresponding footnote, Craig writes:
The incident in 1 Samuel 23 could be explained on the basis of God's
knowledge of the present character of Saul and the man of Keilah—God could
reasonably surmise what they would do if David were to remain. The passage in
Matthew 11 is probably religious hyperbole meant merely to underscore the depth
of the depravity of the cities in which Jesus preached.
The biblical basis for Molinism is, to put
things nicely, pathetic. To read a well-reasoned examination of Molinism, see
the discussion of such in William Hasker, God,
Time, and Knowledge.
