Category: religion
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Divine Impassibility: Comfort Without Coldness
Read essay: Divine Impassibility: Comfort Without ColdnessReader’s introduction: A pastoral essay on the comfort of divine impassibility and God’s steadfast love. Begin with the Divine Blessedness reading pathway if you…
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The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord: A Study in Divine Providence and the Call to Worship
Read essay: The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord: A Study in Divine Providence and the Call to WorshipIntroduction: The Crisis of Circumstantial Faith The messenger’s words cut through Job’s world like a blade. In rapid succession came the reports: the Sabeans…
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How Love of Truth Serves Love of Neighbor: The Gentle Tragedy of Limitless Acceptance
Read essay: How Love of Truth Serves Love of Neighbor: The Gentle Tragedy of Limitless AcceptanceThere is an irony present in our age’s most cherished virtue of acceptance. The contemporary insistence that we must embrace all perspectives with equal…
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Satan: Created or Uncreated? A Biblical and Theological Investigation
Read essay: Satan: Created or Uncreated? A Biblical and Theological InvestigationThe question of Satan’s ontological status strikes at the foundation of biblical monotheism: either Satan exists as an uncreated, eternal principle alongside God, or…
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How You See Yourself in the Mirror: Humanity from the Creator’s Perspective
Read essay: How You See Yourself in the Mirror: Humanity from the Creator’s PerspectiveStand before any mirror and ask yourself: What do I see? Your reflection shows you physical reality, but the way you see yourself is…
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Infinite Love: Rooted in God’s Nature and Eternally Set Upon His People
Read essay: Infinite Love: Rooted in God’s Nature and Eternally Set Upon His PeopleWhen we read that “God is love” (1 John 4:8), we encounter a revelation of the very essence of the divine nature. It is…
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Some Notes and Charts on Anthropomorphic Language
Read essay: Some Notes and Charts on Anthropomorphic LanguageDivine Accommodation: The Hermeneutical Necessity of Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Language in Scripture The interpretive challenge of Scripture’s vivid descriptions of God has persisted throughout…
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The Limits of Language in Describing God
Read essay: The Limits of Language in Describing God“Surely, his infinity ought to make us afraid to try to measure him by our own senses. Indeed, his spiritual nature forbids our imagining…
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Christian Worship: God’s Glory and God’s Word
Read essay: Christian Worship: God’s Glory and God’s WordWorship is the pinnacle of Christian existence. Yet what makes worship truly Christian? The answer lies in worship’s dual foundation: God’s glory as motivation…
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“God is Infinitely Happy in the Enjoyment of Himself”: Jonathan Edwards on Divine Blessedness
Read essay: “God is Infinitely Happy in the Enjoyment of Himself”: Jonathan Edwards on Divine BlessednessWhile he may be best known for his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards focused on Heaven and God’s…
