Monthly Archives: April 2006

Light

John 1.4-5 In him was life, life that was the light of men; and light shines in darkness, and darkness could not over power it. Matthew 5.14-16 Jesus said to his followers:You are the light for the world. A city build on a hill-top cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a ...

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About the atonement

Scot McKnight has a good series of posts about the atonement. The whole series is worth the read, but especially check out todays installment. Scot hits the mark in pointing out that our understanding of what the atonement actually accomplished is often misconstrued by our understanding of sin as ...

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And now for something that really matters…

Your inner Calvin often prevails, but, as in the image below, you have a significant Hobbesian component. I'm going to try to stretch the visual metaphor here: you have a good head on your shoulders, but when you don't use it, your crazy body gets you in trouble? Does that work? Odds are ...

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Stuff I think about before bed…

If the inspiration of Scripture is to be equated with "thus saith the Lord" (as in the actual words of Yahweh) then is Jude's quote of a book that is non-canonized proof of God's word out side of scripture? If one believes in double predestination (supralapsarianism), then how is sin ...

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I confess my weakness…

Every response we have to the revelation of who Yahweh is and what He does is faulty. Every attempt to record and convey revelation is faulty. There is no exemption, there is no pinnacle to achieve, no lost truth to find. Every expression of worship is faulty; every attempt at prayer is ...

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