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Pleased and Displeased Without Contradiction
II Peter 3:9 reads as follows: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. And this is … Continue reading
Tagged Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Reformed, Theology
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God for a Day
Here’s a thought experiment for you. Imagine for a moment that you are given the infinite power of God to do with as you please. For all intents and purposes, you are God. What would you do? Think about it … Continue reading
Tagged God, Jehovah, Scripture, Theology
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The Order of Heavenly Memorials
Go look at Exodus 12 if you have not read it in a while. The first 28 verses detail the instructions concerning the practice of the Passover meal. The scope of the instructions is broad enough to reach to all … Continue reading
Tagged God, History, Jesus, The Lords Supper
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Could Christ Have Sinned?: Understanding Temptation as “trying” or “proving”
In the New Testament, the Greek word peirasmos, is the word that is typically used when we read the words “temptation”, “trial”, or “test”, and it is the idea of trying or testing that I think sums up the nature … Continue reading
Tagged God, Obedience, Sin, Temptation
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Bittersweet musings on free will
Over at Bittersweet Life, Ariel, who claims he was just thinking out loud, has churned out a quality post on free will, determinism, and prevenient grace. You should go read it. Right now. Are you still reading this? Sheesh…
For the Love of God
I was reading John B’s most recent Blog Meridian post when I came across this description of a Wichita bookstore that he frequents: There’s no coffee bar there, no fancy tilted shelving displaying the stock, no subdued, recessed lighting. You … Continue reading
Tagged Church, God, Life in general, Mega Churches, Postmodernism
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Sermon Prep on Assurance of Salvation, Faith, Works, and I John 3
Tomorrow night, I’m preaching at my church and my central text is I John, chapter 3. It’s an interesting passage and the core idea that I’ve taken away from it is that while salvation is of grace through faith, our … Continue reading
Tagged Church, Faith, God, Grace, Obedience, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture
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Questions about Prevenient Grace
I don’t know a whole lot about Wesleyan Theology. I do know a little bit about the concept of Prevenient Grace, but I have some questions. If anyone out there is a Methodist (or a follower of any of the … Continue reading
Tagged God, Grace, Responsibility, Salvation, Theology
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Analogous Grace: Why God chooses to bless certain things
In my last article on grace, I wrote about Prescriptive Grace and the way that grace is always applied specifically according to God’s desires. In this post, I want to talk about grace in a slightly different way, but first … Continue reading
Prescriptive Grace: The How’s and Why’s of Grace
If you’ve grown up in Christian circles or read many books on Christian topics, you probably run across a lot of different definitions for grace. Things like, “Grace is the unmerited favor of God” or “Grace is the power and … Continue reading
Tagged God, Grace, Knowledge, Life in general, Love, Responsibility
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