I haven't posted a News of the Week for a couple of weeks, mostly because it's been so busy. And my half a dozen regular readers have no doubt been disappointed. While busyness is the main reason, it's not the only one. I confess that I find sorting and thinking through the various events and …
Tag: Bible
What is a Human Being? Part 4
In the first three parts of this series I did my best to provide a basic biblical answer to the question, "What is a human being?" Because we now live in a world where the statement "I am a man trapped in a woman's body" is seen as coherent and acceptable, it is incumbent upon …
Living Now with Eternity in Mind #3: Living By God’s Word
Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly, because you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God. ForAll flesh is like grass,and all its …
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The Struggle with Doubt as a Sign of Faith
To struggle with one’s faith is often the surest sign we actually have one.A.J. Swoboda, After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It (2021) By quoting from A.J. Swoboda’s new book, I’m sort of cheating. Because I’ve not read it yet. It just arrived in the mail today. But I am looking forward …
Where are the Dividing Lines?
Let's take a brief inventory: Trinitarian versus Arian. Calvinism versus Arminianism. Infant baptism versus believer's baptism. Cessationism versus continuationism. Young earth creationism versus old earth creationism. Complementarianism versus egalitarianism. Church organs versus guitar and drums. Carpet versus tile. Ok. So those last couple of examples might have been a little facetious. Churches never fight over …
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