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University of North Carolina sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton in 2005 published a massive study of the religious beliefs of teenagers. Their conclusion was that most of these teenagers adhered to a variation of Deism called moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD). This form of deism is certainly not limited…
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(Author: Bob Pratico; submitted originally on June 20, 2022 at Southern Seminary) IntroductionThe Swiss theologian Hans Urs Von Balthasar warned in a penetrating analysis in 1982 that “Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she…
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(Author: Bob Pratico; Originally submitted Mar 5, 2022 at Southern Seminary) Natural Law theory affirms that God embedded His moral law into creation such that rational creatures intuitively know of its existence and can comprehend good and evil to some degree. The natural law that is implanted in creation derives…

