Tag Archives: Religion

Predestination, Free Will, and Obedience

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Charles Churchill

Over the years, I’ve had a lot of people tell me that predestination and free will are mutually exclusive, but I’m not so sure that I buy it. Scripture talks about both predestination and choice and from my understanding of … Continue reading →

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Testimonials vs Scriptural Arguments

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Charles Churchill

Testimonials vs Scriptural Arguments Over at Scot McKnight’s blog, there is an article by Stan Gundry. In it, he makes some interesting statements Arguments in which both sides launch aggressive offenses and structure fortress-like defenses can be unnecessarily adversarial. I … Continue reading →

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Language and The Inability to Communicate

Posted on November 1, 2006 by Charles Churchill

Recently, in a comment on the article Deepening Spiritual Wonder at the excellent and constantly updated blog, Bittersweet Life, tim wrote (in part): Unfortunately (lamentably, actually) the ability to articulate with power and lucidity is something that belongs to few; … Continue reading →

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A Three Ghost Night

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Charles Churchill

He is asleep when I find him. A tiny man in a giant bed, pillows tossed around the room. His face, normally full of life and color, is pale white, the skin of a dead man. It takes nothing to … Continue reading →

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Piper, Driscoll, Contextualization, Postmodernism

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Churchill

I think I’m coming to hate the word “contextualization”. It’s not the idea behind it, it’s the thought that it is being held to the same level of importance as doctrine, and in some ways, as more important. At Desiring … Continue reading →

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Sodomy in the Church

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Charles Churchill

Marriage is not about you. This life is not about you. Consider: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. … Continue reading →

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