Theism and Mathematical Realism
... (e.g., A = A) and mathematics (e.g., 2+2=4). But changing, material things can’t cause fixed, eternal truths. Nor can finite human minds, since our thinking does not make them true but is, rather, judged by them. Thus truth must derive from something non-material that is superior to the human mind. ...
... (e.g., A = A) and mathematics (e.g., 2+2=4). But changing, material things can’t cause fixed, eternal truths. Nor can finite human minds, since our thinking does not make them true but is, rather, judged by them. Thus truth must derive from something non-material that is superior to the human mind. ...
Simile and Metaphor in the Fourth Gospel
... experience, but something greater, beyond the power of imagination to conceive or of language to utter. With the imagery and conception of "life" (xi. 25; xiv. 6; cp. 1 John i. 2) it is natural to compare the li'>ing water (iJorop ~wv, iv.lO), and the bread of life (o lipTO<; Tfj<; ~rofjr;, vi. 35,4 ...
... experience, but something greater, beyond the power of imagination to conceive or of language to utter. With the imagery and conception of "life" (xi. 25; xiv. 6; cp. 1 John i. 2) it is natural to compare the li'>ing water (iJorop ~wv, iv.lO), and the bread of life (o lipTO<; Tfj<; ~rofjr;, vi. 35,4 ...
Sample - WTS Books
... repeatedly asked attendees two key questions: “What is justification?” and “What is the gospel?” Most of those interviewed proved deplorably incapable of giving a lucid, biblical response to these questions. Yet Christianity is the gospel. The central issue of our faith is that of sinners being just ...
... repeatedly asked attendees two key questions: “What is justification?” and “What is the gospel?” Most of those interviewed proved deplorably incapable of giving a lucid, biblical response to these questions. Yet Christianity is the gospel. The central issue of our faith is that of sinners being just ...
MAGICAL MANIPULATION OF THE GODS THROUGH TRICKS AND
... article, others do not--see the preceding footnote). We normally think of the modern City of Nablus, or Shechem, with the ruins of ancient Samaria to its northwest. But Justin Martyr who was a native of Samaria, and one of the early "Apologists," held that Simon came from a town in Samaria called "G ...
... article, others do not--see the preceding footnote). We normally think of the modern City of Nablus, or Shechem, with the ruins of ancient Samaria to its northwest. But Justin Martyr who was a native of Samaria, and one of the early "Apologists," held that Simon came from a town in Samaria called "G ...
Scripturalism vs Judaism II Faith and Scripturalism
... God, but they keep their own traditions in place of the Laws of God. 3. They claim to be all 12 tribes of Israel That is absolutely fundamentally not true. Their claims are very presumptuous, because they are not all 12 tribes. 4. Christianity is claimed to have been built on Judaism. In a sense tha ...
... God, but they keep their own traditions in place of the Laws of God. 3. They claim to be all 12 tribes of Israel That is absolutely fundamentally not true. Their claims are very presumptuous, because they are not all 12 tribes. 4. Christianity is claimed to have been built on Judaism. In a sense tha ...
homily on gluttony and drunkenness - St. Peter`s Anglican Orthodox
... his whores daughter (Matthew 14.6-10). Had not the rich glutton bene so greedily giuen to the pampering of his belly, he would neuer haue beene so vnmercifull to the poore Lazarus, neither had he felt the torments of the vnquenchable fire (Luke 16.19-25). What was the cause that GOD so horribly puni ...
... his whores daughter (Matthew 14.6-10). Had not the rich glutton bene so greedily giuen to the pampering of his belly, he would neuer haue beene so vnmercifull to the poore Lazarus, neither had he felt the torments of the vnquenchable fire (Luke 16.19-25). What was the cause that GOD so horribly puni ...
Dark Light: The Mystical Theology of St. Edith Stein
... natural theology possible, and how it differs from, for example, more evidentialist versions of the analytic philosophy of religion. Steins takes her cue from actual lived human experience, where the source of all knowledge is perception and intuition, which includes knowledge about non-physical rea ...
... natural theology possible, and how it differs from, for example, more evidentialist versions of the analytic philosophy of religion. Steins takes her cue from actual lived human experience, where the source of all knowledge is perception and intuition, which includes knowledge about non-physical rea ...
File - Priory Park Baptist Church
... When bank tellers are taught how to spot counterfeit money, it is by teaching them to know authentic money really, really well. Sure, they may be taught to look for some particular characteristics of specific counterfeit bills, but in general their ability to spot false bills is by knowing true bill ...
... When bank tellers are taught how to spot counterfeit money, it is by teaching them to know authentic money really, really well. Sure, they may be taught to look for some particular characteristics of specific counterfeit bills, but in general their ability to spot false bills is by knowing true bill ...
Ecclesiastes_eng_os_v6
... B. “Pessimism”: The debate on canonicity centered primarily around Ecclesiastes' supposed skepticism about life. Among many “despairing” phrases, Solomon repeats the refrain “everything is meaningless” (1:2; 2:11, 17; 3:19; 12:8). Scholars note that the author “is a rationalist, a skeptic, a pessimi ...
... B. “Pessimism”: The debate on canonicity centered primarily around Ecclesiastes' supposed skepticism about life. Among many “despairing” phrases, Solomon repeats the refrain “everything is meaningless” (1:2; 2:11, 17; 3:19; 12:8). Scholars note that the author “is a rationalist, a skeptic, a pessimi ...
Piety and Charity - Kempton New Church
... There are some who believe that to live the life that leads to heaven, which is called the spiritual life, is difficult… because they understand this to mean that they must discard worldly things, which consist chiefly in riches and honors; that they must walk continually in pious meditation on God, ...
... There are some who believe that to live the life that leads to heaven, which is called the spiritual life, is difficult… because they understand this to mean that they must discard worldly things, which consist chiefly in riches and honors; that they must walk continually in pious meditation on God, ...
Volume 18, Number 14, March 27 to April 2, 2016 The Exaltation of
... appears that the word of the Lord that comes to Zechariah in CH is a speaking of the preincarnate Word. The same phenomenon is found in Zech. 4:8, 9. Cf. Kerux 7:2 (September 1992) 16-18; 7:3 (December 1992) 50, 51; and 9:2 (September 1994) 3. It will be seen below that v. 9 also functions as an ele ...
... appears that the word of the Lord that comes to Zechariah in CH is a speaking of the preincarnate Word. The same phenomenon is found in Zech. 4:8, 9. Cf. Kerux 7:2 (September 1992) 16-18; 7:3 (December 1992) 50, 51; and 9:2 (September 1994) 3. It will be seen below that v. 9 also functions as an ele ...
Obed-Edom: Blessed By God - Four Lakes Church of Christ
... MAN’S FAMILY FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. ...
... MAN’S FAMILY FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. ...
Gods Choice or Ours - The Good News ABout Predestination and
... he word election often conjures up the thought that because God chose some for heaven, He also chose others for hell. However, when we trace God’s electing activity through the Bible, we find that His election, which is connected to His foreknowledge (1 Pet. 1:2), is always good news. This truth is ...
... he word election often conjures up the thought that because God chose some for heaven, He also chose others for hell. However, when we trace God’s electing activity through the Bible, we find that His election, which is connected to His foreknowledge (1 Pet. 1:2), is always good news. This truth is ...
The Word - The PowerPoint Apologist
... The Metaphysical Precondition Obviously, there can be no Word of God unless God exists. With respect to existence, metaphysics (beyond the physical) concerns itself with the study of being or reality. Christianity believes in Theism, which says one God created all of reality as we know it and that t ...
... The Metaphysical Precondition Obviously, there can be no Word of God unless God exists. With respect to existence, metaphysics (beyond the physical) concerns itself with the study of being or reality. Christianity believes in Theism, which says one God created all of reality as we know it and that t ...
God`s Way of Guidance
... sometimes in very strange ways. The gods purposely hide their will from the people. The people have to perform certain rituals to convince, or trick the gods. ...
... sometimes in very strange ways. The gods purposely hide their will from the people. The people have to perform certain rituals to convince, or trick the gods. ...
THE WORD OF GOD IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND
... Such a criticism was doubtless among the worst that could be leveled at anyone in seventeenth-century New England. Not only was the Bible viewed as God's inspired and complete revelation, but this divine and hence ageless inspiration was seen as present throughout the entire Old and New Testaments. ...
... Such a criticism was doubtless among the worst that could be leveled at anyone in seventeenth-century New England. Not only was the Bible viewed as God's inspired and complete revelation, but this divine and hence ageless inspiration was seen as present throughout the entire Old and New Testaments. ...
A SCANDALOUS GRACE - Magdalen Road Church
... But for now, as we leave this chapter, I want us to see the difference God’s grace makes to the way we should live our lives as individuals – And the way we should live our life as a church community. The grace of God – in all its vastness and miraculous power – demands a response from us. The Amer ...
... But for now, as we leave this chapter, I want us to see the difference God’s grace makes to the way we should live our lives as individuals – And the way we should live our life as a church community. The grace of God – in all its vastness and miraculous power – demands a response from us. The Amer ...
Finding Comfort in Beholding the Incomparable
... the Exodus. And when his blind and deaf people “see” and “hear” what the only true God is doing in delivering them, then the blind and deaf people will not be blind and deaf anymore and they will go forth praising Yahweh as the ONLY GOD who is able to accomplish this. B. This text describes the kind ...
... the Exodus. And when his blind and deaf people “see” and “hear” what the only true God is doing in delivering them, then the blind and deaf people will not be blind and deaf anymore and they will go forth praising Yahweh as the ONLY GOD who is able to accomplish this. B. This text describes the kind ...
What We Believe and Teach
... the Spirit to be controlled by the Spirit (John 16:13; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 5:18; 1 John 2:20, 27). We further teach that the work of the Holy Spirit in this age began historically at Pentecost, when He came from the Father as promised by Christ (John 14:16-17; 15:26) to initiate and complete the b ...
... the Spirit to be controlled by the Spirit (John 16:13; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 5:18; 1 John 2:20, 27). We further teach that the work of the Holy Spirit in this age began historically at Pentecost, when He came from the Father as promised by Christ (John 14:16-17; 15:26) to initiate and complete the b ...
[3] To Nagel`s credit, he is not merely refusing to believe in theism
... universe around us. This is how we know what we know. This does not mean that the discoveries of the empirical sciences are false. Rather, those discoveries are misinterpreted. The atheist would make the assumption that there is no God when interpreting a truth. For example, for an atheist, the mora ...
... universe around us. This is how we know what we know. This does not mean that the discoveries of the empirical sciences are false. Rather, those discoveries are misinterpreted. The atheist would make the assumption that there is no God when interpreting a truth. For example, for an atheist, the mora ...
God Understanding who and what God is
... By understanding Christ's dual nature we can comprehend scriptures that would not make sense otherwise. When reading about Christ we often must take into account whether the passage is ...
... By understanding Christ's dual nature we can comprehend scriptures that would not make sense otherwise. When reading about Christ we often must take into account whether the passage is ...
Calvin`s Mystical Thought in Comparison to Pseudo
... practicing the divine presence in the liturgy as well as daily life. However, at the same time, Calvin’s mystical thought is not like the traditional mysticism which can be seen in typical mystics. This article does not attempt to argue that Calvin was a mystic. Rather, with help of the methodology ...
... practicing the divine presence in the liturgy as well as daily life. However, at the same time, Calvin’s mystical thought is not like the traditional mysticism which can be seen in typical mystics. This article does not attempt to argue that Calvin was a mystic. Rather, with help of the methodology ...
An Annotated Comparison of Biblical Christianity with Selected
... has appointed and ordained from eternity all events occurring in time, especially those influenced by man's free will; no one predestined to hell A person is capable of directing himself toward true good; man endowed with freedom, an outstanding manifestation of the divine image God did not make dea ...
... has appointed and ordained from eternity all events occurring in time, especially those influenced by man's free will; no one predestined to hell A person is capable of directing himself toward true good; man endowed with freedom, an outstanding manifestation of the divine image God did not make dea ...
God Revealed Himself As Holy, Oct 14 2012
... In modern usage holy calls to mind positive moral qualities, but that is not the essence of its meaning. Instead, holiness is more to be understood in terms of position or relationship with the divine. ...
... In modern usage holy calls to mind positive moral qualities, but that is not the essence of its meaning. Instead, holiness is more to be understood in terms of position or relationship with the divine. ...
Kirtan_Events_files/Sonic spirituality
... And sometimes it tells a story, weaving together pastimes of the Lord in any of his many forms. Melody plays an important part in both these kinds of kirtans, but some are accompanied by dancing, whereas a sit-down kirtan is often called a bhajan – this is usually more meditative and laid back.When ...
... And sometimes it tells a story, weaving together pastimes of the Lord in any of his many forms. Melody plays an important part in both these kinds of kirtans, but some are accompanied by dancing, whereas a sit-down kirtan is often called a bhajan – this is usually more meditative and laid back.When ...
Divine providence in Judaism
Divine providence (Hebrew השגחה פרטית Hashgochoh Protis or Hashgaha Peratit, lit. divine supervision of the individual) is discussed throughout Rabbinic literature, by the classical Jewish philosophers, and by the tradition of Jewish mysticism.The discussion brings into consideration the Jewish understanding of nature, and its reciprocal, the miraculous. This analysis thus underpins much of Orthodox Judaism's world view, particularly as regards questions of interaction with the natural world.