michigan bible school “the book of psalms”
... Israel had many enemies, both within and without. 6. Although Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs (1 Kgs. 4:32), only two of his Psalms are recorded for us in this book. 7. The subtitles, while not a part of the inspired text, have been with the book of Psalms from at least 200 B.C., as these ...
... Israel had many enemies, both within and without. 6. Although Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs (1 Kgs. 4:32), only two of his Psalms are recorded for us in this book. 7. The subtitles, while not a part of the inspired text, have been with the book of Psalms from at least 200 B.C., as these ...
Anselm`s Fool
... certainly has a way of making sure we don’t confuse them with his argument. Thus he distinguishes between existence in the understanding (in intellectu) and existence in reality (in re). With this distinction in hand, he can agree that using a proper name, such as ‘God,’ in a statement, almost any s ...
... certainly has a way of making sure we don’t confuse them with his argument. Thus he distinguishes between existence in the understanding (in intellectu) and existence in reality (in re). With this distinction in hand, he can agree that using a proper name, such as ‘God,’ in a statement, almost any s ...
Summa Contra Gentiles: I, 13
... cosmogony, either; thought unnecessary); and even Aristotle held essence to be primary. Even the neo-Platonists only had an emanation theory, emanation of essences (though existence is attended to somewhat); God is the Good, rather than the ‘I am who am’—i.e., a God who exists as existent—subsistent ...
... cosmogony, either; thought unnecessary); and even Aristotle held essence to be primary. Even the neo-Platonists only had an emanation theory, emanation of essences (though existence is attended to somewhat); God is the Good, rather than the ‘I am who am’—i.e., a God who exists as existent—subsistent ...
God`s Passion for His Glory
... their times, or even to comprehend the deepest meaning of the intellectual and other influences that were effectual upon them. Jonathan Edwards was such an original.”3 It is not so much that Edwards dealt with new reality but, as Vergilius Ferm said, he “seemed to have had the powers and the drive t ...
... their times, or even to comprehend the deepest meaning of the intellectual and other influences that were effectual upon them. Jonathan Edwards was such an original.”3 It is not so much that Edwards dealt with new reality but, as Vergilius Ferm said, he “seemed to have had the powers and the drive t ...
Omnipotence
... In Geach's presentation, God is omnipotent just in case he can do everything, but as the quotation from Maimonides suggests, (B) God need not be able to do what is logically impossible in order to be omnipotent. As Aquinas put it, the "phrase, God can do all things, is rightly understood to mean tha ...
... In Geach's presentation, God is omnipotent just in case he can do everything, but as the quotation from Maimonides suggests, (B) God need not be able to do what is logically impossible in order to be omnipotent. As Aquinas put it, the "phrase, God can do all things, is rightly understood to mean tha ...
Student Questions on the Pentateuch
... Is the idea of a single sovereign good God present in any? Not in the Mesopotamian ones. I don’t know about others. This doesn’t look like creation out of nothing. No, that is an idea that came out of Greek thinking much later. What does it mean that the earth was a formless void? Just that it wasn’ ...
... Is the idea of a single sovereign good God present in any? Not in the Mesopotamian ones. I don’t know about others. This doesn’t look like creation out of nothing. No, that is an idea that came out of Greek thinking much later. What does it mean that the earth was a formless void? Just that it wasn’ ...
THE COVENANTAL CONTEXT OF THE FALL: Did God Make a
... with Adam should not be viewed in terms of covenant.14 A similar objection is advanced by Paul Williamson who identifies oath-taking and promise-threat sanctions as essential elements of a biblical covenant.15 Since the creation account(s) contains no explicit reference to solemn oathtaking, it is i ...
... with Adam should not be viewed in terms of covenant.14 A similar objection is advanced by Paul Williamson who identifies oath-taking and promise-threat sanctions as essential elements of a biblical covenant.15 Since the creation account(s) contains no explicit reference to solemn oathtaking, it is i ...
RCSPROUL
... hostility between science and theology without compromising scriptural truth? What are some ways in which scientists could contribute to the lessening of hostility? 4. According to R.C., Augustine said that all Christians should seek to learn as much as they can about as many things as they possib ...
... hostility between science and theology without compromising scriptural truth? What are some ways in which scientists could contribute to the lessening of hostility? 4. According to R.C., Augustine said that all Christians should seek to learn as much as they can about as many things as they possib ...
A Treatise on the Anger of God
... CHAP. I.--OF DIVINE AND HUMAN WISDOM. I HAVE often observed, Donatus, that many persons hold this opinion, which some philosophers also have maintained, that God is not subject to anger; since the divine nature is either altogether beneficent, and that it is inconsistent with His surpassing and exce ...
... CHAP. I.--OF DIVINE AND HUMAN WISDOM. I HAVE often observed, Donatus, that many persons hold this opinion, which some philosophers also have maintained, that God is not subject to anger; since the divine nature is either altogether beneficent, and that it is inconsistent with His surpassing and exce ...
effectual call or causal effect
... drank too deeply from the poisoned wells of Greek philosophy. Consequently, its conception of God as immutable omnipotence is a far cry from the biblical picture of a dynamic, loving God.3 Karl Barth renders a similarly harsh judgement on Reformed orthodoxy: ‘The dogmatics of these centuries had alr ...
... drank too deeply from the poisoned wells of Greek philosophy. Consequently, its conception of God as immutable omnipotence is a far cry from the biblical picture of a dynamic, loving God.3 Karl Barth renders a similarly harsh judgement on Reformed orthodoxy: ‘The dogmatics of these centuries had alr ...
doc - comeafterme.com
... ___________ to remind them that their plight was of their _______ making (Jdg 6:1–10). Then, in _________ , God commissioned Gideon, an insignificant man from a _________ family in the tribe of west ___________ , as Israel’s deliverer. God’s choice of Gideon shows us that He uses “what is ________ i ...
... ___________ to remind them that their plight was of their _______ making (Jdg 6:1–10). Then, in _________ , God commissioned Gideon, an insignificant man from a _________ family in the tribe of west ___________ , as Israel’s deliverer. God’s choice of Gideon shows us that He uses “what is ________ i ...
QUESTION 27 The Procession of the Divine Persons Now that we
... anyone has an act of intellective understanding, then by the very fact that he has the act of intellective understanding, something proceeds within him—viz., a conception of what is understood (conceptio rei intellectae) that arises from the intellective power and proceeds from the cognition of what ...
... anyone has an act of intellective understanding, then by the very fact that he has the act of intellective understanding, something proceeds within him—viz., a conception of what is understood (conceptio rei intellectae) that arises from the intellective power and proceeds from the cognition of what ...
Tsimtsum in the Writings of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits
... The freedom granted through God’s tsimtsum is crucial for Berkovits’ discussion of the paradoxical encounter between God and Man. Man is dependent on God but must be independent from God in order to have freedom. “The act of divine self-denial is the precondition of the fundamental religious experie ...
... The freedom granted through God’s tsimtsum is crucial for Berkovits’ discussion of the paradoxical encounter between God and Man. Man is dependent on God but must be independent from God in order to have freedom. “The act of divine self-denial is the precondition of the fundamental religious experie ...
Participation and Theology: A Response to Schindler`s “What`s The
... researched, speculatively original, and carefully articulated and argued. I am honored and also humbled to be a respondent to my colleague, with whom I have had a number of vigorous conversations, beginning in the early 90’s at Catholic University. My response is divided into three main parts: 1) a ...
... researched, speculatively original, and carefully articulated and argued. I am honored and also humbled to be a respondent to my colleague, with whom I have had a number of vigorous conversations, beginning in the early 90’s at Catholic University. My response is divided into three main parts: 1) a ...
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
... who never sins” (Ecc. 7:20). And the Psalmist concludes, “they have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one” (Psalm 14:3). So Kushner’s question wrongly assumes that people are good when his own Bible gives evidence to the contrary. Why Do Goo ...
... who never sins” (Ecc. 7:20). And the Psalmist concludes, “they have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one” (Psalm 14:3). So Kushner’s question wrongly assumes that people are good when his own Bible gives evidence to the contrary. Why Do Goo ...
Summer Series 2005 Stark Road Gospel Hall August 3, 2005
... invisible things. (Hebrews 11:1; Romans 1:20) Visible ==> The limitation of man = The visible and hearing spectrum ...
... invisible things. (Hebrews 11:1; Romans 1:20) Visible ==> The limitation of man = The visible and hearing spectrum ...
[3] To Nagel`s credit, he is not merely refusing to believe in theism
... also be added that the reason for their opposition to the moral code being that it repressed their human impulses, again proves the theist’s claim that man is depraved, evil, and is naturally in rebellion against God. The reason I am bringing forth evidence of Nagel’s rebellion, and thus the rebelli ...
... also be added that the reason for their opposition to the moral code being that it repressed their human impulses, again proves the theist’s claim that man is depraved, evil, and is naturally in rebellion against God. The reason I am bringing forth evidence of Nagel’s rebellion, and thus the rebelli ...
God as Substance without Substance Ontology
... thing. In particular he is not an aspect or an emergent property or the ‘being’ of the world. That God is concrete rules out some non-traditional versions of theism, as they are popular among theologians of the last two hundred years. Theologians who say that there is a God but that he is not a pers ...
... thing. In particular he is not an aspect or an emergent property or the ‘being’ of the world. That God is concrete rules out some non-traditional versions of theism, as they are popular among theologians of the last two hundred years. Theologians who say that there is a God but that he is not a pers ...
DIVINE MODALITY - Einar Duenger Bøhn
... nonetheless in God to have thought differently, and hence it’s in God to have determined a different secular metaphysical modal space. In other words, God divinely could have thought u ...
... nonetheless in God to have thought differently, and hence it’s in God to have determined a different secular metaphysical modal space. In other words, God divinely could have thought u ...
slides ppt
... But certainly this cannot be. There exists, therefore, beyond doubt something than which a greater cannot be imagined, both in the understanding and in reality.” (Anselm of Canterbury: Proslogion, Translation by Jonathan Barnes) ...
... But certainly this cannot be. There exists, therefore, beyond doubt something than which a greater cannot be imagined, both in the understanding and in reality.” (Anselm of Canterbury: Proslogion, Translation by Jonathan Barnes) ...
Christ`s Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness
... chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: ...
... chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: ...
The Ontological Argument
... How can "the fool" doubt or deny the existence of God? Anselm's answer: The "fool" (i.e., the atheist or agnostic) does not understand the true meaning of "that than which nothing greater can be conceived." ...
... How can "the fool" doubt or deny the existence of God? Anselm's answer: The "fool" (i.e., the atheist or agnostic) does not understand the true meaning of "that than which nothing greater can be conceived." ...
Gödel`s Ontological Proof of the Existence of God
... “Therefore, Lord, [[…]] I understand that you y are as we believe and you y are that which we believe. Now we believe that you are something than which nothing greater can be imagined. Then is there no such nature, since the fool has said in his heart: God is not? But certainly this same fool, when ...
... “Therefore, Lord, [[…]] I understand that you y are as we believe and you y are that which we believe. Now we believe that you are something than which nothing greater can be imagined. Then is there no such nature, since the fool has said in his heart: God is not? But certainly this same fool, when ...
creation and the spirit groaning
... 148. Should we also find a way to hear the cries of suffering creatures and recognise them in our worship? If so, how? Exploring the Text Read Romans 8.18-20 In these verses Paul contrasts the sufferings of the present with a future time when things will be very different. As the context shows, this ...
... 148. Should we also find a way to hear the cries of suffering creatures and recognise them in our worship? If so, how? Exploring the Text Read Romans 8.18-20 In these verses Paul contrasts the sufferings of the present with a future time when things will be very different. As the context shows, this ...
1_John_1c
... The divine light is the divine life in the Son operating in us. This light shines in the darkness within us, and the darkness cannot overcome it (John 1:4-5). When we follow this light, we shall by no means walk in darkness (John 8:12), which, according to the context, is the darkness of sin (vv. 7 ...
... The divine light is the divine life in the Son operating in us. This light shines in the darkness within us, and the darkness cannot overcome it (John 1:4-5). When we follow this light, we shall by no means walk in darkness (John 8:12), which, according to the context, is the darkness of sin (vv. 7 ...