Category: Humanity
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the biblical case for patriarchy briefly outlined
I have been involved in an online discussion among evangelicals regarding whether the Bible teaches patriarchy or egalitarianism. *Patriarchy believes that the Bible, while viewing male and female as equal in worth and dignity, teaches in the family and the church God has granted leadership responsibility to the male. Egalitarianism recognises there are differences between…
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free will
Free Will I was involved in an online discussion with another Christian on the topic of ‘free will’. Free will was very important to him and while God could ‘persuade’ the will this persuasion could not be at a level that overcame personal autonomy. The discussion raised issues I have not thought about for years.…
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genesis 3… your desire shall be to your husband
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be [contrary] to your husband, but he shall rule over you.” 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife. and have eaten of the tree. of which I commanded…
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the glory of the cross
Est 6:6 (ESV) … the king said… , “What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honour?” The story is set in Susa, the Persian capital, during the reign of King Ahasuerus, better known by his Greek name, Xerxes I (486–464 b.c.). Some Jews had returned to Jerusalem, where they enjoyed a…
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in me, that is in my flesh, dwells no good thing…
I am no longer in the first flush of youth. In fact, if truth be told, I have passed the hump (or am passing, depending on your perspective) of middle age; I won’t see my fiftieth birthday again nor some following it. And you know what dismays me? I find that the flesh is just…
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a real adam and eve
Evangelicals are now being pressed by other evangelicals not only to jettison the literal historicity of the creation narrative but also the historicity of Adam and Eve. The first is just conceivable but the second seriously strains any integrity in biblical interpretation and seriously compromises the biblical salvation narrative. A few blogs consider some of…
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flesh and spirit in romans, and beyond (1)
We cannot properly understand Romans until we learn it describes two realms of existence. In fact, the Christian gospel, which is of course the theme of Romans, has not been truly grasped until it is seen as the story of two distinct and deeply different worlds. Different images are used in the Bible to describe…
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naked and unashamed
Our sinful lustful hearts find a prurient interest in nakedness. The nakedness of another excites us for a variety of reasons. It is not simply the sensual attraction of a naked body of the opposite sex that excites, which of course it does, perhaps especially for men, but what also improperly excites is the exposure…
Cave Adullam 