Tag: god
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Gavin Ortlund has a video here humbly correcting a common misconception regarding Reformed theology by explaining “dual causation”. He sets the example of how to act with grace and humility during theological controversy.
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“Don’t be fooled. Secularism is a form of theocracy. It’s very jealous for its own glory, commands our worship, & demands a set of ethics. – Andrew T. Walker This is an important point. All secularists, materialists and naturalists have their own “little gods” – whether it be money, power,…
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John Lennox, professor of mathematics at Oxford, waxes eloguent here on the popular and flawed question ‘Who created God?”
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There is only one God. One entailment of divine unity is that all of the actions/operations of God outside himself are undivided. That is, every work of God is a work of all three Persons of the Trinity. The Trinity always act in concert although one Person will often take…
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I’ve had congestive heart failue for years. I had my annual checkup at the local Heart Center this morning with an echocardiogram, examination by the cardiologist, and pacemaker check. Ejection fraction is a measurement that indicates how well your heart pumps blood; normal ejection fraction ranges from 50% to 70%,…
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Lactantius, writing early in the 4th century after Constantine had assumed power and the persecutions were over, noted in Book 2 of his Divine Institutes that the church was empowered over the demonic. In chapter XVI of Book 2, Lactantius writes concerning demonic entities, “They (the demonic) do indeed injure,…
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+ bible, born again, christianity, church, darkness, demon possession, demonic, faith, god, Holy Spirit, jesus+
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The false prediction of the rapture occurring on September 23, 2025 was tragically popularized by more-than-a-few evangelical Christians who acted foolishly (watch the sad video at the bottom). A South African pastor’s apocalyptic prophecy sparked widespread panic and ridicule across social media, as many Christians braced for the Rapture to…
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Is it possible that evil actually presents a powerful argument for the very existence of God? Can the existence of evil be used, in the words of Anselm, “to shatter the rigid resistance of unbelievers?” Philosopher Gregory Ganssle acknowledges that evil seems to supply evidence against the existence of God,…
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+ Abductive Argument, Anselm, Athenagoras, christianity, Christus Victor, CS Lewis, Dualism, Evidential Problem of Evil, Evil, Existential Problem of Evil, god, Good, Gustav Aulen, Logical Problem of Evil, Materialism, natural law, Naturalism, Skeptical Theism, Theodicy, worldview+
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“Using the problem of evil as an argument against God is dangerous for the skeptic, since, ironically, this problem can turn into an argument in favor of God’s existence.” — The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics by Joseph M. Holden Scripture teaches 4 truths simultaneously: Scripture teaches 5 truths simultaneously with…
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+ christianity, Christus Victor, Evidential Evil, Evil, Existential Evil, faith, Free Will Defense, god, jesus, Logical Problem of Evil, Sovereignty, Theodicy+
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I was asked to respond to two posts by Scott Bignell. Here is the first post. The first thing I would note is that the author, Scott Bignell, claims to have been “studying Judeo-Christian Origins” as a “passionate hobby”. Scott provides nothing on his background so the reader literally has…
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Christian Apologetics 