Some perspective, perhaps, on the controversy of the moment.
Source: Where I stand on Kneeling
Category: Faith
The World is Passing Away
We live in a world in which our greatest desires can never be realized
“the present form of this world is passing away.”
(1 Corinthians 7:31)
Perspective makes all the difference in how we see the world and live our lives. The perspective of faith is wholly different than the perspective of skepticism. The person who has been born again, born from above, born of the spirit[1], is a new creature; the new has come and the old has passed away.[2] We are no longer of this world, though we continue to live in it.[3]
Do we really grasp the meaning of these things? Sometimes I wonder. I wonder about myself as I look back at the things that have captured my attention at times, the anxiety and worries I have had about temporal things, and all the time I have wasted doing trivial things.
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Whether God Exists: Distinguishing Emotion from Reason
Emotional arguments hit hard,
but they sometimes lack any rational substance.
Source: Whether God Exists: Distinguishing Emotion from Reason
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A Discourse on Belief
Is it possible to go through life without believing in anything? Can we do science and limit ourselves in our thinking to nothing but the facts? Source: A Discourse on Belief
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Balance Between Scripture and Spirit
Reaching for one without letting go of the other
I feel compelled by the Holy Spirit (I hope) to explain myself a bit. Please forgive me if this gets into a little self-conscious rambling.
I have touched recently on some important doctrinal issues without really addressing them in a doctrinal way. That is intentional, but that leaves me a little self-conscious about it.
I have brushed past many doctrinal issues in this blog, and some of them are themes that I come back to quite often. Recently, I have veered dangerously close to issues like the inerrancy of the Bible and Bible hermeneutics, though I have not used words like that, other than to acknowledge at some points those rocks that exist in the turbulent waters.
I often reflect on the sovereignty of God and the free will of man. I often reflect on atonement, redemption, salvation and similar themes, though I don’t often use those words. Anytime we speak of the cross, the specter of those doctrinal ideas arises.
I am usually not all that conscious about doctrine in the sense of academic formality or denominational purity. This also is intentional, though it isn’t intended in any rebellious, skeptical or heretic away.
What I always aim for is “mere Christianity”.
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