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’ ...
Your Ears Will Hear
... Psalm 119:105 says that God’s word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path. It shows us two important parts of guidance. When I was 13 years old, God called me to go into all the world. I was to go and preach the gospel, and I understood that I was to go to every nation on earth. I had no ide ...
... Psalm 119:105 says that God’s word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path. It shows us two important parts of guidance. When I was 13 years old, God called me to go into all the world. I was to go and preach the gospel, and I understood that I was to go to every nation on earth. I had no ide ...
Word
... Judah (or, the church--the scattered churches particularly), and then the sentence for what they do to God's people. Then we get to the book of Habakkuk, which we covered last month. In it, Habakkuk asks two questions. He is very insignificant in terms of being a "known" person. We know nothing abou ...
... Judah (or, the church--the scattered churches particularly), and then the sentence for what they do to God's people. Then we get to the book of Habakkuk, which we covered last month. In it, Habakkuk asks two questions. He is very insignificant in terms of being a "known" person. We know nothing abou ...
THE COVENANTAL CONTEXT OF THE FALL: Did God Make a
... Before Adam and Eve’s fall into sin, the world was unmarred by evil and was “very good” (Gen. 1:31; 2:25). In this important respect, the present world differs radically from the original state of affairs. However, in other ways, the pre- and post-fall worlds share much in common. One point of alleg ...
... Before Adam and Eve’s fall into sin, the world was unmarred by evil and was “very good” (Gen. 1:31; 2:25). In this important respect, the present world differs radically from the original state of affairs. However, in other ways, the pre- and post-fall worlds share much in common. One point of alleg ...
Image of God - The University of Akron
... We know that a physical body is divisible, but 'we cannot conceive of half of a mind'. 11 A person, mind, or soul has either/or existence—there are no 6 per cent, 27 per cent, 93 per cent, or 110 per cent persons. Given the existence of a person or mind, only then can the development of intellect, c ...
... We know that a physical body is divisible, but 'we cannot conceive of half of a mind'. 11 A person, mind, or soul has either/or existence—there are no 6 per cent, 27 per cent, 93 per cent, or 110 per cent persons. Given the existence of a person or mind, only then can the development of intellect, c ...
biblical precedents for spiritual mapping
... BIBLICAL PRECEDENTS FOR SPIRITUAL MAPPING The first example of spiritual mapping is found in Numbers 13 where Moses, at God’s order, dispatched spies into Canaan to “see what the land is like” (vs. 18). The expedition lasted 40 days and included a detailed research agenda. The fact that God was alre ...
... BIBLICAL PRECEDENTS FOR SPIRITUAL MAPPING The first example of spiritual mapping is found in Numbers 13 where Moses, at God’s order, dispatched spies into Canaan to “see what the land is like” (vs. 18). The expedition lasted 40 days and included a detailed research agenda. The fact that God was alre ...
Omnipotence
... explain why, for example, the state of affairs of Socrates' never engaging in philosophy can no longer be brought about not even by an omnipotent being. It is no doubt possible that God bring about this state of affairsÑthere are possible worlds in which he does bring it about. Moreover, at one time ...
... explain why, for example, the state of affairs of Socrates' never engaging in philosophy can no longer be brought about not even by an omnipotent being. It is no doubt possible that God bring about this state of affairsÑthere are possible worlds in which he does bring it about. Moreover, at one time ...
Major Doctrines of Christianity
... 1Co 2:12-13 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual wor ...
... 1Co 2:12-13 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual wor ...
Revelation 15 Series, Study #1 by Chris McCann, originally aired
... of the Gospel, just like the Jews. There was no difference as “God is no respector of persons” and He could save either people and God showed this to Peter by giving him a vision of “unclean” animals. It says in Acts 11:5-9: I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certa ...
... of the Gospel, just like the Jews. There was no difference as “God is no respector of persons” and He could save either people and God showed this to Peter by giving him a vision of “unclean” animals. It says in Acts 11:5-9: I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certa ...
HC Memory Work LD 27-52 - Protestant Reformed Churches
... That Christ is bodily under the form of bread and wine, and therefore is to be worshiped in them. 4. What scriptural truth does the Lord’s Supper teach concerning Christ? That according to His human nature He is now not on earth, but in heaven, and will there be worshiped by us. Ephesians 4:10; Hebr ...
... That Christ is bodily under the form of bread and wine, and therefore is to be worshiped in them. 4. What scriptural truth does the Lord’s Supper teach concerning Christ? That according to His human nature He is now not on earth, but in heaven, and will there be worshiped by us. Ephesians 4:10; Hebr ...
217K - IMLT
... 6:16). Yet they also insist that he has revealed himself to us in several ways—by means of creation and conscience (Acts 14:15-17; Rom. 1:18-20; 2:1-16), in Hebrew history and prophecy (Gen. 12:1-3 with Acts 7:2-3; Ex. 3:1-6 with Acts 7:30-32; Joel 1:1), and supremely through the life, death and res ...
... 6:16). Yet they also insist that he has revealed himself to us in several ways—by means of creation and conscience (Acts 14:15-17; Rom. 1:18-20; 2:1-16), in Hebrew history and prophecy (Gen. 12:1-3 with Acts 7:2-3; Ex. 3:1-6 with Acts 7:30-32; Joel 1:1), and supremely through the life, death and res ...
56-1125m A Secondhanded Robe
... new bomb that they could radio guide from Moscow to Fourth Street in Louisville and hit right on the street; shoot it up, it's got target things in it, that explodes it, takes it so many thousands, so many thousands, guided it by the stars and radar, and drop it exactly on Fourth Street in Louisvill ...
... new bomb that they could radio guide from Moscow to Fourth Street in Louisville and hit right on the street; shoot it up, it's got target things in it, that explodes it, takes it so many thousands, so many thousands, guided it by the stars and radar, and drop it exactly on Fourth Street in Louisvill ...
Manuscript - Third Millennium Ministries
... Ultimate Standard In the second place, when we speak of God as the absolute moral Law, we also mean that there is no higher standard than God’s person. God’s goodness is the ultimate standard for all goodness. Unfortunately, many people have the misconception that there is a definition of “good” aga ...
... Ultimate Standard In the second place, when we speak of God as the absolute moral Law, we also mean that there is no higher standard than God’s person. God’s goodness is the ultimate standard for all goodness. Unfortunately, many people have the misconception that there is a definition of “good” aga ...
Dialectical Realism in Theology and Science
... The basic idea is that theology and the special sciences should work together to help us develop world views that are both scientific and meet our deepest religious needs. I seek to go beyond dialogue in a mutuality model, in which it is rational (in certain circumstances) for theology to influence ...
... The basic idea is that theology and the special sciences should work together to help us develop world views that are both scientific and meet our deepest religious needs. I seek to go beyond dialogue in a mutuality model, in which it is rational (in certain circumstances) for theology to influence ...
effectual call or causal effect
... philosophies.’4 The fundamental problem with classical theism, Pinnock believes, is that it wrongly conceives the God/world relation in deterministic, impersonal terms. Secondly, Tillich argues that theism, because it conceives of God as the supreme being, ends up in a kind of idolatry, identifying ...
... philosophies.’4 The fundamental problem with classical theism, Pinnock believes, is that it wrongly conceives the God/world relation in deterministic, impersonal terms. Secondly, Tillich argues that theism, because it conceives of God as the supreme being, ends up in a kind of idolatry, identifying ...
AZURE: Winter 5765 / 2005, No
... In invoking God’s justice, Abraham insists that while God must punish the wicked, he must also reward the innocent and the righteous; God need not love the denizens of Sodom, but he must act justly toward them. In other words, God’s love may be bestowed more on some than on others, but God’s justice ...
... In invoking God’s justice, Abraham insists that while God must punish the wicked, he must also reward the innocent and the righteous; God need not love the denizens of Sodom, but he must act justly toward them. In other words, God’s love may be bestowed more on some than on others, but God’s justice ...
god`s money - A Grain of Wheat Ministries
... them we will also share in their future rewards. It is a very healthy thing to use our money – which is inherently earthly and even an idol to those of the world – to promote what God is doing. Of course, He doesn’t need our money, but we should consider it a privilege to be able to be a part of wha ...
... them we will also share in their future rewards. It is a very healthy thing to use our money – which is inherently earthly and even an idol to those of the world – to promote what God is doing. Of course, He doesn’t need our money, but we should consider it a privilege to be able to be a part of wha ...
Justification by Faith is the Answer
... for our question, however, is not all that 1 Thessalonians has to offer. The content of the letter leaves no doubt about the substance of Paul's missionary proclamation to the Thessalonians. The latter (like all human beings) are the creatures of a God whom they have not worshiped (1Thess 1:9), whos ...
... for our question, however, is not all that 1 Thessalonians has to offer. The content of the letter leaves no doubt about the substance of Paul's missionary proclamation to the Thessalonians. The latter (like all human beings) are the creatures of a God whom they have not worshiped (1Thess 1:9), whos ...
Conservative Judaism Journal Volume 31 No. 1-2, Fall
... All of these problems, so common to the philosophic discussions of the Middle Ages, have been exacerbated in modern times. One factor is the increased intercultural contact of the modern period, for other cultures have conflicting ideologies and codes of practice which, in some instances at least, s ...
... All of these problems, so common to the philosophic discussions of the Middle Ages, have been exacerbated in modern times. One factor is the increased intercultural contact of the modern period, for other cultures have conflicting ideologies and codes of practice which, in some instances at least, s ...
The Elder Statements - Willow Creek Community Church
... were directly impacted by the leadership or teaching of that leader or teacher. In 1 Timothy 5:20, Paul states that, “Those [elders/leaders] who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that others may take warning.” This practice of appropriate public disclosure serves to remind a ministry that godly cha ...
... were directly impacted by the leadership or teaching of that leader or teacher. In 1 Timothy 5:20, Paul states that, “Those [elders/leaders] who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that others may take warning.” This practice of appropriate public disclosure serves to remind a ministry that godly cha ...
About Ephesians - EasyEnglish Bible
... v18 They cannot understand because their minds are in the dark. They are strangers to the life that God gives. They do not know him because, deep inside themselves, they are hard. So, they refuse God. v19 They have stopped knowing the difference between what is right or wrong. They have given themse ...
... v18 They cannot understand because their minds are in the dark. They are strangers to the life that God gives. They do not know him because, deep inside themselves, they are hard. So, they refuse God. v19 They have stopped knowing the difference between what is right or wrong. They have given themse ...
Open as Word Doc - Calvary Albuquerque
... based upon what we're going to read, is the core of His being. I know that God is love. God is loving, God is gracious and merciful but that is not the core of his being if you had to describe him in one word. If love were the core of God's being, I suppose God would let everybody into heaven, it d ...
... based upon what we're going to read, is the core of His being. I know that God is love. God is loving, God is gracious and merciful but that is not the core of his being if you had to describe him in one word. If love were the core of God's being, I suppose God would let everybody into heaven, it d ...
Chapter 3 - Lakeside Ministries
... who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.) 6 Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, "Let us do evil that good may come"? — As we are slanderously reported and a ...
... who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.) 6 Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, "Let us do evil that good may come"? — As we are slanderously reported and a ...