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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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Respecting our Depravity
Perhaps you’ve experienced the following: You are watching television, a crime-drama or a thriller, something like CriminalMindsBonesNumbers or CSI:MiamiNewYorkIdaho. You know exactly the sort of show I’m speaking of. On the screen there is a woman. She is at home … Continue reading
The Love of God Blesses All Men
Go read this post about the love of God. While there may not be anything groundbreaking there, it is good to think through these things. Here’s a snippet: God demonstrates intended goodness on the reprobate. God’s ultimate purpose is to … Continue reading
Charles Spurgeon on Free Will and Predestination
There has been some discussion of late here at The Preacher regarding free will and predestination, so I thought I would post a rather lengthy quote by Spurgeon on the subject. In this instance Spurgeon does not speculate on the … Continue reading
More Questions for Atheists
If the universe is composed entirely of matter and there is nothing that is not matter, then what matter makes up the laws of logic? Follow up: If your answer to the previous question is that logic is a construct … Continue reading
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Christians and Science
There is a lot of talk today about the difference between science and religion, about the gulf between the Christian and the scientist, the chasm that separates faith from fact. There is a tone to the rhetoric that suggests that … Continue reading
Is There Truth Outside of Christianity?
Jamie Kiley is wrestling with a worthwhile question, namely, “What does Paul mean when he says that ‘everything belongs to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God’?” Her question was prompted by the book Velvet Elvis … Continue reading
Tagged Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Jehovah, Jesus, Knowledge, Postmodernism, Skepticism
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The Mundane Deception
If you listen to commercials or read print ads, you’ve probably run into the word “mundane” a few hundred times or more. You may have even used it from time to time in everyday conversations. And why shouldn’t you? It’s … Continue reading
Protecting your family
There are certain Bible verses that stay in the forefront of my thoughts. They are typically verses with strong imagery, with straightforward application, the sort of verse that you can see in action around you practically anywhere you look. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Daughters, Death, God, Holy Scripture, Knowledge, Life in general, Responsibility, Sheltering, Sin, Sons
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A World Without Hypothetical Situations
I don’t have time to give this the treatment it deserves, but for those of us who hold to the Reformed position, this deserves some serious thought. Perhaps you’ve heard the old bon mot, imagine a world without hypothetical situations. … Continue reading