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Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
Doctrine of Pneumatology The work done to understand the doctrine of Christ is foundational in formulating the concept of the Trinity. However, it seems this effort is so extensive it uses up much of our theological energy to the neglect of the Holy Spirit. Scripture is not as explicit about the person of…
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Doctrine of Christ
Doctrine of Christology The doctrine of Christology is a challenging area to define in specific terminology. Over the years countless theologians have attempted to balance the paradox and explain in words how God became man. How did a finite human contain the infinite God? The substance of our Christological doctrine is like a concrete…
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Doctrine of God
Have you ever tried to look directly at the sun? It is not possible to look at it with the natural eye as the brightness is overpowering and can cause damage. However, if the sun is partially obscured by hazy clouds, one can look through them and get a sense of its shape and…
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Doctrine of Scripture
Imagine you are cleaning out your grandmother’s attic and you open a box. Inside is a square board and 32 small wooden pieces. The board has a pattern of 64 squares alternating dark and light. The pieces are also dark and light, 8 small identical pieces in each color and 16 larger pieces, most of…
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Humility- The Key to My Theology
When I was learning to drive, my dad taught me to relax, hold the wheel firmly, and make small adjustments. He knew if I overreacted to a small blip in the road, it could cause an accident. Similarly, it seems the driving force behind different historical approaches to theology has been reacting to perceived errors…
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Hope Anyway
Hope is a dangerous thing. I have found the crushing disappointment that comes after misplaced hope is the gateway to cynicism. Hoping in people who let you down spectacularly or outcomes never realized makes you never want to try again. It just costs too much. When all hope is lost, the energy required to…
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Great Sex Rescue
I was with some Christian ladies recently and we were encouraged to give a soon-to-be bride some encouragement. After a couple of ladies spoke, I realized it was the same kind of advice I used to get and give. As a newlywed I read books on marriage and sex so I could figure out how…
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Macrina: Mother of the Early Church
In the study of Patristics, a major challenge is to understand the contributions of women. From the Latin, pater, the term literally means ‘study of the fathers.’ What a tragedy that an entire field of study in Christian history is named in such a way that masks, excludes, and dismisses the influence of women during this…
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Looking at Proverbs from the Side
I’ve been studying the Bible for over 20 years but never done a study on the whole book of Proverbs. It’s one of those books that we’ve all heard snippets from here and there even if we’ve never been to church. The wisdom it contains is, quite literally, timeless (1 Pet 1:25) and applicable…
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