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The law is a guide because it is fulfilled
I propose that the purpose of the law was to draw Israel from sin and death to a holy life with God, and that though we are not under law, in Christ we have the life to which it pointed and therefore it is guide for us. →
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A sketch of Reformed-Thomist doctrines of grace
My suggestion in this post has been that the “five points of Calvinism” are an imperfect realization of the Reformed convictions about predestination. The desires for a high view of divine sovereignty and agency and the recognition of the inevitability and depth of human sin are both well-placed, but we need to analyze them within… →
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Series of talks on the Trinity
A few weeks ago, I finished giving a series of talks on the Trinity. I have now uploaded the talks here, so that anyone who is interested can access them. There are four talks in total. In the first two I discuss how the New Testament describes Jesus as divine, working within the theological context →
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Fear of the Lord
The idea of “fear” in relation to God is often downplayed as consisting in merely reverence or awe, especially in the New Testament. But while these are no doubt part of it fear, they are inadequate accounts of it on their own. Scripture routinely pairs fear of God with terrifying things and people’s trembling at →
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God causes evil actions without causing the evil in actions
On a recent episode of Unbelievable?, William Lane Craig and James White discussed whether Molinism or Calvinism provide the better approach to God’s providence in light of the reality of evil. Craig is a proponent of Molinism, which seeks to reconcile libertarian freedom with divine providence by positing a special kind of knowledge in God called middle knowledge. White, →
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Judgement according to works in Romans 2
In Romans 2, Paul says the following: [God] will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath →
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