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Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Mar 14th, 2010
Dear Fellow Congregants:
Remember to attend the Lent Atonement Series on Sunday March 21st, for Sunday School, rather than the Romans Series (since I won’t be there).
If you’d like to read ahead, or catch up, here’s the blog version of the series so far:
Romans 1:1-7, vv. 8-18, vv. 19-25, vv. 26-27, vv. 28-32 | [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Religion on Feb 1st, 2010
My lecture today was primarily on Descartes’ two proofs of God’s existence in Meditation III. They’re both fascinating proofs, and thus I thought I’d share them (translated more or less into my own terms).
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First Proof
The first argument goes basically like this.
The idea of God is the idea of an infinite substance (i.e., the idea of [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 19th, 2009
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6: Intro, 1-5, 6-11, 12-14, 15-18 ]
Romans 6:15-18 (NRSV)
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 12th, 2009
Then Dr. Currid started talking about God’s “sovereignty.”
He cited the following passages, and claimed there were many others. Because of such, he says:
“I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to deny that everything happens on earth and in heaven because of God’s desire, will, and purpose.”
That is what sovereignty means, according to Dr. Currid. Later [...]
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Scripture (Religion) on Dec 11th, 2009
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6: Intro, 1-5, 6-11, 12-14, 15-18 ]
Romans 6:12-14 (NRSV)
12 Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 10th, 2009
Dr. Currid is now talking about Job. As part of talking about suffering, he cited John 9:2-5:
2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 8th, 2009
A quick note.
Yesterday I overheard some people talking about Augustine’s view of the Days of Creation.
They said Augustine had proved the Days couldn’t be literal days, because there is light on Day 1, but no Sun till Day whatever.
This completely misses two major points.
First, God creates the light, not the Sun. God divides light from [...]
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Scripture (Religion), Theory (Politics) on Dec 3rd, 2009
I’m listening now to Dr. John D. Currid’s lectures on “Judges through Poets” from RTS.
To set the background for Judges, he’s discussing Joshua, and the Israelite invasion of the Promised Land.
This, naturally, leads to the problem of what appears to be not only God-sanctioned, but God-instructed genocide.
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Moses, claiming to be speaking for God — [...]
Posted in Religion on Nov 30th, 2009
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If belief about (i.e., orthodoxy) is preparation for belief in (i.e., orthopraxy), while belief in is the culmination of belief about, then we have to understand each in terms of the other.
So, in light of belief in, what must our orthodoxy be?
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I. Mere Christianity
I think Christian orthodoxy is ultimately reducible to [...]
Posted in Religion on Nov 28th, 2009
[Disclaimer: If something in the following post sounds wrong, please let me know in the comments. This was a very difficult post to write, and I don't want to either mislead people, or to be mistaken myself. So, correct me if I'm wrong, and ask me to clarify the things that aren't clear.]
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