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Increase Not Decrease: Examining John 3:30
Some years ago, I was at a house blessing with several Christians, an atheistic Buddhist, some agnostics, and some Hindus. The focus, said the Hindu priest was to realize that we were all part of the same faith. We were blessing the house by emptying ourselves and embracing what unifies us all, that which welcomes [...]
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Philosophy Friday Tweet Blog: Distinct Being
Subsistence doesn’t destroy diversity: rather it enhances and empowers distinctions. Technorati Tags: being, distinctions, essence, nature, philosophy friday, tweet blog
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What the Sheol?
One of the first points folk bring up about Hell is that if it is as horrible as people say it is, and if the way to avoid it is to believe God, then why didn’t God bring it up before the New Testament? Before Matthew or Mark (whichever was first) we don’t get an [...]
Getting Tense With Hebrews 1
In the past, I argued against the liberal (or Kenotic Arian) view of Scripture by looking at what the writer to the Hebrews thought about Scripture. I could have argued from Paul, Peter, John and Christ but I was co-opting some of my studies on Hebrews to make the point. Anyway, there was a fundamental [...]
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Increase Not Decrease: God Grants the Role