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Category Archives: Theology
What Is Truth? “Truth” in Paul, Part 1
Paul writes frequently about a concept he calls “the truth.” Often, he doesn’t bother to define it, assuming his readers are familiar enough with the term to understand his meaning. And it’s clear that he’s not speaking of any truth … Continue reading
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What Is “Truth”? John’s Gospel
In the last post, I considered John’s use of “truth” in 2 John 1-4 to refer to the truth about Jesus, that is, that he is the Messiah (Christ) come in the flesh. The next point I want to make … Continue reading
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What Is “Truth”? The “Teaching of Christ” in 2 John
I should explain to the readers the reason for the length of the previous post on 2 John and the rest of this series on “truth.” In conversations at this site and over at GraceConversation.com, the advocates for the conservative … Continue reading
Surprised by Hope: Justin Martyr and the Didascalia Apostolorum
Back in the summer, I wrote a series of posts around N. T. Wright’s book Surprised by Hope, regarding the nature the end of time. Wright argues — quite convincingly — that the Bible teaches a bodily resurrection in a … Continue reading
Searching for The Third Way: How Football Explains Everything
I love college football. Doesn’t everybody? And it occurs to me that a football example would help make some sense of what I’m talking about. I mean, it’s been pretty philosophical — even metaphysical — to this point. It’s time … Continue reading
Searching for The Third Way: Baptism, Part 8
Fifth theological point: a new thought on baptism Just as is true of God, the Spirit does not have to operate in our time-space realm. The Spirit may well act outside our time and so violate what appears to be … Continue reading
Searching for The Third Way: Baptism, Part 7
Fourth theological conclusion — prevenient grace makes better sense It’s just a thought. And I know I can’t prove this. Remember: the classic Calvinist argument is that humans cannot have faith without the Spirit changing their hearts. The classic Arminian … Continue reading
Searching for The Third Way: Baptism, Part 6
Why does earth-time go in only one direction? Sounds like a stupid question, doesn’t it? Believe it or not, physicists wrestle with this one. It’s a very hot issue among theorists today. Nearly all the equations that describe physics run … Continue reading
Searching for a Third Way: Baptism, Part 5.5
I get emails. This one is particularly intringuing. … That is, is our view of baptism too narrow? To wit: Is our view that baptism is only the act of the dunking too narrow. Should it be more broad as … Continue reading
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Searching for The Third Way: Baptism, Part 5
I’m going to say some completely unbelievable things. And take a while doing it. But when I get done, I expect to explain baptism and faith and the Spirit and time. It’s going to take a while. But it’ll be … Continue reading
