Category: religion
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Since God Has Spoken: Obedience
Read essay: Since God Has Spoken: ObedienceGod is not silent. He has spoken. Jesus promised the apostles that “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all…
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The Necessity of the Human and Divine Natures in Christ: Christology, Soteriology, and Doxology
Read essay: The Necessity of the Human and Divine Natures in Christ: Christology, Soteriology, and DoxologyDelivered at the 2021 Freed-Hardeman University Scholars Day Athanasius in On the Incarnation 54.3 said, “God became man that man might become God.”…
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If God Does Not Change, What About the Incarnation?
Read essay: If God Does Not Change, What About the Incarnation?Most modern Christians assume that at the incarnation: 1) the Son of God left Heaven, 2) the Son of God limited his deity, and…
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Did God Limit Himself?
Read essay: Did God Limit Himself?Often we hear people describe God as having limited himself during the incarnation. Did the Son of God stop being omniscient, omnipresent, or fully…
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The Revelation of the Son of God in the Old Testament
Read essay: The Revelation of the Son of God in the Old Testamentreprinted with permission from the Gospel Advocate Donnie L. DeBord, M.Div., ThM. When Scripture describes Jesus as the Son of God, we are not…
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How do we go from son of man to Son of Man??
Read essay: How do we go from son of man to Son of Man??Daniel 7 The phrase “son of man” refers to those who are human. Just as the phrase “Son of God” refers to the Word…
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THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD FOR INCOMPREHENSIBLE PROBLEMS
Read essay: THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD FOR INCOMPREHENSIBLE PROBLEMSWhen we try to imagine what God is like, we will always create an image that we can understand. This creation of our imagination…
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JUSTICE AND THE IMAGE OF GOD
Read essay: JUSTICE AND THE IMAGE OF GODGENESIS 1:26-27 Justice, at its root, has to do with treating others rightly. But the noble goal of justice demands we ask why people…
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THEOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS: PERSONAL SANCTIFICATION
Read essay: THEOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS: PERSONAL SANCTIFICATIONBefore focusing on systematic theology, it is important to focus on personal sanctification. Calvin began his Institutes with the reality that our knowledge of God is…
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The Grass Isn’t Always Greener On the Other Side
Read essay: The Grass Isn’t Always Greener On the Other SideWhat would it take for your life to be better? What would have to change? Sometimes, if not most of the time, we think…
