Recently our small church decided to take on the controversial topic of homosexuality. Not in spite of the controversy, but because of it. Now I realize that many of you will read that and think that we are intentionally trying to be divisive and unloving but the reality is that our goals are quite the [...]
To answer the question of whether Christians can, with honesty and clarity of conscience (not to mention with Biblical warrant) support and even promote the death penalty we must first make a distinction between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of the world. Greg Boyd calls them “the kingdom of the cross” and the “kingdom of [...]
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What it means Greek ἀφίημι Transliteration/Pronunciation aphiēmi/ä-fē’-ā-mē Strong’s G863 Definition This word has a rather broad range of meanings (well, broad from our western perspective) as it can mean “I let go”, “leave”, “permit”, and “forgive”. The broad range of meanings this word has permits for some interesting word studies, particularly when it comes to [...]
In a stimulating discussion with a friend of mine following my earlier post on homosexuality I was asked to provide further support from a wholly secular standpoint to substantiate my position against homosexuality. Here’s my response: My secular argument against homosexuality mirrors my secular argument against abortion and that is: Population. Human capital is the [...]
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Our simple church group recently took up the rather controversial topic of homosexuality. It is a prevalent issue in the public square as well as among the Christian community1 and we decided that the topic was worth perusing in order to know where we all stood on the issue (and, more importantly, where we are supposed to stand on [...]
My daughter’s recently had a week where the emphesis was on “being thankful” before Thanksgiving this year. Curiously, or typically rather in our politically correct society, she and her classmates weren’t told who they were supposed to be thankful to. Just to have a general attitude of thankfulness. But that raises an interesting question: Thanks [...]
What it means Greek ἀσθενέω Transliteration/Pronunciation astheneō/ä-sthe-ne’-ō Strong’s G770 Definition This word means weak, sick, ill. It’s a pretty common phrase that can indicate either physical or spiritual sickness/weakness. Where it’s found Judges 16:7; Judges 16:11; Judges 16:17; I Samuel 2:4; I Samuel 2:5; II Samuel 3:1; II Kings 19:26; II Chronicles 28:15; Job 4:4; Job 28:4; Psalms 9:3; Psalms 18:36; Psalms 26:1; Psalms 27:2; [...]
I was recently asked on twitter about my view of salvation and how I viewed it in light of my recent postings on Molinism. My simple, twitterish, response was: “I believe that the Holy Spirit moves on, prompts, and draws all men to Christ. This prompted an email from one reader who wanted to probe [...]
One of the strongest objections to the doctrine of Molinism is what has commonly been called “the grounding objection” which, stated simply, is; “Where is God’s knowledge in future events grounded?” Many who ask this question object the idea that, if God’s knowledge is based in his eternal decree then Molinism is undone because it [...]
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Since my post on Molinism/Middle Knowledge garnered some interest I figured it would be helpful to provide some more resources on the subject for anyone who is interested in exploring, as William Lane Craig puts it, such a fruitful doctrine further: Audio William Lane Craig‘s multi-part series “Doctrine of God” taught in his Sunday School class (Defenders) at Johnson Ferry [...]
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