Humans are often people of the extreme. We don’t eat ice cream, we eat a massive bowl of ice cream (okay, maybe I’m the only one who struggles with that). Everything in our society is “awesome,” or to quote a former president, “yuuuuuge.” Think about the politics of our day. You are a democrat or […]
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by Peter Sammons The concept of reprobation is anathema to many Christians. Believers don’t want to talk about it, and if they do talk about it, they have a strong emotional reaction to the very idea. Does God consign some people to hell in the same way that He elects people to heaven? These are
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By Michael S. Jones, Mark J. Farnham, and David L. Saxon Teaching ethics presents numerous challenges. If we spend a lot of time on ethical theory, the result can quickly become glazed-over looks and loss of attention. But if we move directly into applied ethics, we run the risk of coming to conclusions about various
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I have struggled for a while with most of the models that I see for discipleship. It’s not that there aren’t any really good materials in print…there are hundreds. Many are very text-based and walk believers through what the Bible says about following Jesus. My struggle is with what I am seeing around me as
Rethinking Sanctification Read More »
We are created beings, fallen, broken, and extraordinarily finite in our understanding of the future. This leads us to change frequently. Sometimes that is a good thing. The person in the grip of alcoholism may find freedom, the parents who are perpetually late may take steps to be on time for their commitments. Sometimes change
Theology for All #6: God Doesn’t Change Read More »