Category Archives: sin
God Made Me This Way: How Is It Sin?
“How can It be wrong if God made me this way?” That was the quote from a recent Law and Order Special Victim’s Unit where a gay Christian young man realized that his pastor father had killed his lover. The young man was part of an extremist group of Christians who performed plays depicting sinners [...]
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XXII-Romans: Mercy vs. Harden -tmp(Rom 9:16-18)
We’re considering God’s righteousness and seeing how it works with mercy specifically in the case of the Jews. Thus far Paul impressed on us his sorrow that the Jews are not presently believers of the revealed Christ. Paul has been showing us how important a people they truly are and has taken us through history [...]
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XIX. Romans: The Problem of the Jews (Rom 9:1-2)
Let me start an investigation of the third movement of Paul’s defense by directing attention to Russ’ series on Calvanism. There are many discussions that may arise based on very old arguments that I don’t want to spend (too much) time discussing. Not that the discussions shouldn’t be—but rather it detracts from my purpose of [...]
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Noah and the Genesis 6-9 Story
The Voice completely changed Noah’s life. One moment he’s heading to market the next God is telling him that everything is about to die.
Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?