The Centrality of Messiah and the Theological Direction of
... for himself some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of his childhood and the hopes of his anticipated adulthood. This sense of identity provides the ability to experience one’s self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act according ...
... for himself some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of his childhood and the hopes of his anticipated adulthood. This sense of identity provides the ability to experience one’s self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act according ...
Luke 6. 1-5
... 1.—[Second Sabbath after the first.] The meaning of this expression has entirely puzzled all commentators. It is nowhere used in Scripture, excepting in this place. All explanations of it are nothing better than conjectures. Cornelius à Lapide gives a summary of these conjectures, which, if it prove ...
... 1.—[Second Sabbath after the first.] The meaning of this expression has entirely puzzled all commentators. It is nowhere used in Scripture, excepting in this place. All explanations of it are nothing better than conjectures. Cornelius à Lapide gives a summary of these conjectures, which, if it prove ...
Buddhism - WordPress.com
... human lifetime and this is what all Buddhists strive for. Someone who reaches enlightenment is filled with compassion for all living things. • Ayacana Sutta ‘The Request’ (SN 6.1): “This Truth that I have realised is profound, hard to see, hard to realize, harmless, sophisticated, more than just spe ...
... human lifetime and this is what all Buddhists strive for. Someone who reaches enlightenment is filled with compassion for all living things. • Ayacana Sutta ‘The Request’ (SN 6.1): “This Truth that I have realised is profound, hard to see, hard to realize, harmless, sophisticated, more than just spe ...
What is Secular Humanism?
... standards in each situation according to his own judgment.[10] If God does not exist, then He cannot establish an absolute moral code. Humanist Max Hocutt says that human beings "may, and do, make up their own rules... Morality is not discovered; it is made."[11] Secular Humanism, then, can be defin ...
... standards in each situation according to his own judgment.[10] If God does not exist, then He cannot establish an absolute moral code. Humanist Max Hocutt says that human beings "may, and do, make up their own rules... Morality is not discovered; it is made."[11] Secular Humanism, then, can be defin ...
Ephesians 2:1-3 Am I an object of wrath or an
... Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. What was the result? We too were subject to wrath in our natural state, just like everyone else It seems from this verse that Edwards is right. Osteen very wrong. But I just did the same thing that teachers and preachers do every day, sometimes acci ...
... Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. What was the result? We too were subject to wrath in our natural state, just like everyone else It seems from this verse that Edwards is right. Osteen very wrong. But I just did the same thing that teachers and preachers do every day, sometimes acci ...
Contemporary Existentialism and the Concept of Naturalness in
... believed to be originally existent in every sentiment. Since it lies inside oneself, he does not seek it outside; ··By directly pointing into the mind one gains sudden enlightenment." Ch'an offers a way that is direct and immediate. Truth must be seized with bare hands, with no gloves on.35 Broadly ...
... believed to be originally existent in every sentiment. Since it lies inside oneself, he does not seek it outside; ··By directly pointing into the mind one gains sudden enlightenment." Ch'an offers a way that is direct and immediate. Truth must be seized with bare hands, with no gloves on.35 Broadly ...
Teleological Argument Booklet 3
... The top levels go to answers that are well-informed, well-reasoned and that show the ability to think critically about more than one point of view and form a sensible judgement. ...
... The top levels go to answers that are well-informed, well-reasoned and that show the ability to think critically about more than one point of view and form a sensible judgement. ...
The Doctrine of Reprobation
... that may serve toward a resolution of the apparent logical contradiction. First, it has already been demonstrated that a symmetrically "double predestination" is inconsistent with human responsibility and righteous retribution (justice of God). If this position is to be sustained, then it too must ...
... that may serve toward a resolution of the apparent logical contradiction. First, it has already been demonstrated that a symmetrically "double predestination" is inconsistent with human responsibility and righteous retribution (justice of God). If this position is to be sustained, then it too must ...
Slide 1
... 1. First, we might mean that conduct is right because God commands it. For example, in Exodus 20:16, we read that God commands us to be truthful. On this option, the reason we should be truthful is simply that God requires it. Apart from the divine command, truth telling is neither good nor bad. It ...
... 1. First, we might mean that conduct is right because God commands it. For example, in Exodus 20:16, we read that God commands us to be truthful. On this option, the reason we should be truthful is simply that God requires it. Apart from the divine command, truth telling is neither good nor bad. It ...
A Simple Fallacy the Natural Theologians Commit
... Second, none of them even attempt to do any exegesis of the texts they cite. It would appear that they never bothered to check the Hebrew or Greek. They cite texts much like Jehovah's Witnesses. Third, even if we pretended, in a moment of insanity, that modern Renaissance ideas like "Reason" could m ...
... Second, none of them even attempt to do any exegesis of the texts they cite. It would appear that they never bothered to check the Hebrew or Greek. They cite texts much like Jehovah's Witnesses. Third, even if we pretended, in a moment of insanity, that modern Renaissance ideas like "Reason" could m ...
However, he has rebuffed all attempts to make him compromise
... to as ah/ al-kalam, the "People of Talking"). What most concerned the Ulama from the first days of the Islamic expansion, especially as the Ummah became ever more widely dispersed and varied with regard to language and culture, was not so much theological arguments about the attributes of God (thoug ...
... to as ah/ al-kalam, the "People of Talking"). What most concerned the Ulama from the first days of the Islamic expansion, especially as the Ummah became ever more widely dispersed and varied with regard to language and culture, was not so much theological arguments about the attributes of God (thoug ...
Sermon Manuscript - Cornerstone Community Church
... God for earthly blessings. You’re listening to a nation of beaten up and beaten down worshippers praising God…for God—for Who He is. “Life is bad, but God is gracious, God is great, and God is good!” When I first started serving as a biblical counselor, one of the first people I counseled was a past ...
... God for earthly blessings. You’re listening to a nation of beaten up and beaten down worshippers praising God…for God—for Who He is. “Life is bad, but God is gracious, God is great, and God is good!” When I first started serving as a biblical counselor, one of the first people I counseled was a past ...
Does the Genesis `dominion mandate` in Psalm 8 only relate to
... no resurrection from the dead. First Paul cites the traditions passed down to him about Christ’s Resurrection, including the large number of eyewitnesses (vv. 1–11). He then points out that if there is no resurrection at all, then Christ could not have been raised from the dead, and all Christian be ...
... no resurrection from the dead. First Paul cites the traditions passed down to him about Christ’s Resurrection, including the large number of eyewitnesses (vv. 1–11). He then points out that if there is no resurrection at all, then Christ could not have been raised from the dead, and all Christian be ...
Kant`s Critique of the Ontological Argument: FAIL
... been proved in this context is thus to presume what he is supposed to be proving, and thus to argue in a circle. The other case to consider would be one in which the critic of the ontological argument concedes that the conceptual analysis of the concept of God presented by the proponent of that arg ...
... been proved in this context is thus to presume what he is supposed to be proving, and thus to argue in a circle. The other case to consider would be one in which the critic of the ontological argument concedes that the conceptual analysis of the concept of God presented by the proponent of that arg ...
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: ...
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 ...
OT Core Seminar Class Rubric
... So we’ve seen something about God’s promise of a people—and in the obstacle God has sovereignly laid in the way (Sarah’s barrenness), we’ve seen an important characteristic of this people. Faith. Third, then, let’s turn to consider God’s rule over His kingdom. Now, significantly, this aspect of God ...
... So we’ve seen something about God’s promise of a people—and in the obstacle God has sovereignly laid in the way (Sarah’s barrenness), we’ve seen an important characteristic of this people. Faith. Third, then, let’s turn to consider God’s rule over His kingdom. Now, significantly, this aspect of God ...
Chapter 1 - Augsburg Fortress
... Zoroastrian dualism, Babylonian folklore, and Buddhist ethics superficially combined with Christian elements. It was founded in the latter half of the third century by the Persian prophet Mani (215?–276?). According to Mani, everything material and sensual is created evil and must be overcome. ...
... Zoroastrian dualism, Babylonian folklore, and Buddhist ethics superficially combined with Christian elements. It was founded in the latter half of the third century by the Persian prophet Mani (215?–276?). According to Mani, everything material and sensual is created evil and must be overcome. ...
Dark Light: The Mystical Theology of St. Edith Stein
... she explains what it is in our natural knowledge about the everyday world that makes 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 k ...
... she explains what it is in our natural knowledge about the everyday world that makes 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 k ...
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... (oh-LAHM hah-BAH), the World to Come. This term can cause some confusion, because it is also used to refer to a spiritual afterlife. In English, we commonly use the term "messianic age" to refer specifically to the time of the messiah. Olam Ha-Ba will be characterized by the peaceful co-existence of ...
... (oh-LAHM hah-BAH), the World to Come. This term can cause some confusion, because it is also used to refer to a spiritual afterlife. In English, we commonly use the term "messianic age" to refer specifically to the time of the messiah. Olam Ha-Ba will be characterized by the peaceful co-existence of ...
Predestination in Orthodox Christian Teaching
... existence. From the perspective of apocalyptic, then, the eschatological realities (such as the Incarnation and saving work of Christ, the Church, the apostasy of Israel, the calling of the Gentiles, the Last Day, the names of all the saved, etc.) exist already in one mode of being, though they have ...
... existence. From the perspective of apocalyptic, then, the eschatological realities (such as the Incarnation and saving work of Christ, the Church, the apostasy of Israel, the calling of the Gentiles, the Last Day, the names of all the saved, etc.) exist already in one mode of being, though they have ...
Imprecatory prayers
... spoken with “a lying tongue.” They have surrounded the psalmist with “words” (v. 3). They have “accused” him of wrongdoing (v. 4). The focus of this evil is “The Character-Assassin.”. Yet David knows his character in this moment is right before God. In this situation, the type of imprecations that a ...
... spoken with “a lying tongue.” They have surrounded the psalmist with “words” (v. 3). They have “accused” him of wrongdoing (v. 4). The focus of this evil is “The Character-Assassin.”. Yet David knows his character in this moment is right before God. In this situation, the type of imprecations that a ...
Toward a Messianic Jewish Moral Vision
... conversations that would lend clarity to ideological ambiguities I have encountered while considering what it means to have a moral vision for Messianic Judaism. Though I did indeed have some very positive experiences along these lines, I also had two nonacademic encounters that proved both disturbi ...
... conversations that would lend clarity to ideological ambiguities I have encountered while considering what it means to have a moral vision for Messianic Judaism. Though I did indeed have some very positive experiences along these lines, I also had two nonacademic encounters that proved both disturbi ...
God as Substance without Substance Ontology
... First, on all accounts it is a necessary feature of a substance that it is concrete. By this it is meant that a substance is ontologically complete, as opposed to, for example, a property, such as a particular stone’s being seven kilograms in mass. That the stone is concrete means that it includes a ...
... First, on all accounts it is a necessary feature of a substance that it is concrete. By this it is meant that a substance is ontologically complete, as opposed to, for example, a property, such as a particular stone’s being seven kilograms in mass. That the stone is concrete means that it includes a ...
Scripturalism vs Judaism II Faith and Scripturalism
... because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, ‘The days of mourning for my father are at hand—then I will kill my brother Jacob.’ And these words of her older son Esau were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, ‘ ...
... because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, ‘The days of mourning for my father are at hand—then I will kill my brother Jacob.’ And these words of her older son Esau were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, ‘ ...