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Evolutionary scientist claims benefit of blind faith; gives self brain cramp
Consider where you would place the author of these comments on the faith vs. reason spectrum: I’m not advocating irrationality or extreme emotionality. Many, perhaps even most, of the problems plaguing individuals and groups arise from actions based on passion. … Continue reading
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Purging Barren Prayer
Prayer for the Christian is one of those subjects about which discussion is akin to holding water with your hand. We are told in Scripture that we should pray, and without ceasing, and not to be seen by men, and … Continue reading
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Save-less, life-less faith
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him. … So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead (James 2:14, 17 ESV). … Continue reading
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What faith receives
John Piper describes one element of saving faith, and laments the spurious faith held by some: What does faith receive in order to be justifying faith? The answer, of course, is that faith receives Jesus. … But we must make … Continue reading
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When the cure is worse than the disease
Many treatments of the story of Jesus calming the stormy sea (Mark 4 and parallel passages) take the form of inspirational sofa talk: “Jesus will calm the storms of your life.” What IS true about this approach is that believers … Continue reading
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>A Reverse Copernican Revolution
>Scientists, intellectuals and those generally predisposed against organized religion railed against the resistance of the church and other conservatives to the notion that the Sun, not Earth, was the center of our solar system. That resistance remains the basis of … Continue reading
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>FAITH IN FAITH
>Posted on the marquis of a public middle school: “It doesn’t matter what you believe — only that you believe.” Lets hold off, for a moment, on the standard jokes regarding the competency of public schools to educate, and test … Continue reading
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Spilt Nard & Zealous Faith Embrace Gospel Suffering
The account of the anonymous woman who broke an alabaster flask and poured nard onto Jesus’ head (Mark 14) is difficult to relate directly to post-resurrection discipleship. I’ve never seen alabaster, and wouldn’t know nard if it hit me in … Continue reading →
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