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Category Archives: Theology
Inerrancy: A Thought Inspired by David P. Himes
First, a warning. I’m on narcotics. Really. I’m trying to pass a kidney stone, and I’ll be stoned until it happens. I hate narcotics. I get no buzz, only nausea, but it beats the torture that is a kidney stone. … Continue reading
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Inerrancy: Thursday’s Questions
These questions relate to my essay from Monday morning — How do you react to the efforts of Apologetics Press and Vic Vadney to reconcile the alleged contradictions referred to in God’s Holy Fire? Do you find yourself more in … Continue reading
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Inerrancy: Wednesday’s Questions
These questions relate to my essay from Monday morning — Do you agree with Apologetics Press that a soul’s salvation could depend on the age of the earth? Do you agree with the tests of inerrancy found in the 1978 … Continue reading
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Inerrancy: Tuesday’s Questions
These questions relate to my essay from Monday morning — What other passages are relevant to the meaning and use of the Scriptures other than the passages cited in the main text? Do you believe the Scriptures are reliable? Do … Continue reading
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Inerrancy: Monday’s Questions
These questions relate to my essay from Monday morning — Is it necessary that “inerrancy” be defined in detail to hold someone else accountable for not believing in inerrancy? Are you aware of any efforts to provide a detailed definition from … Continue reading
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Inerrancy: An Essay
[This is a really long post. I’d normally post this about 1,000 to 1,500 words at a time, and it would take six or so posts spread over two or three weeks to do so. But, of course, that means … Continue reading
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Searching for the Third Way: Open Theism, Part 2
The hard question And so, you see, I’m not exactly an Open Theist or Closed Theist. And most of the arguments simply don’t address what, to me, is the hard question. The hard question to me isn’t whether God can … Continue reading
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Searching for the Third Way: Open Theism, Part 1
Introduction to Open Theism — Perhaps Over-Simplified Open Theism has been a topic on interest in the comments lately. I thought I’d explain my understanding. Maybe it’ll make sense. First, a definition — In the openness debate the focus is … Continue reading
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God Is Not Fair: Reflecting on Patrick Mead’s Latest
Too good not to pass along. In a previous post, Patrick posed a common problem with how we understand God — We have used Gregory Boyd’s opening illustration in “God at War” of the mutilation and death of the beautiful … Continue reading
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Debating Calvinism
From the Sacred Sandwich. And, I might add, the Calvinist responded, “Semi-Pelagian!”
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