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Tackling Tradition 55 - O Ye Of Little Faith

14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”  ( Matthew 17:14–20 , ESV) On first glance, the text presents us with a...
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Soteriology & the Imago Dei

God is a triune spirit, infinite, eternal, & unchangeable as to being, wisdom, power, justice, holiness, goodness, & truth — ie GLORY Does Romans 1:18 - 32 have anything to say about concepts bound up with doctrinal matters like Soteriology?  After all, the text is an indictment of us all for suppressing the truth about God’s existence, invisible attributes, & authority by way substituting our own, human image & other images drawn from the created order, like those of animals, & then doing theology, philosophy, & ethics/ethical reasoning accordingly.  Some Christians deny the doctrine of Total Depravity (the idea that people who are able to sin are unable to do any spiritual good accompanying their salvation, particularly the exercise of saving (ie justifying) faith & saving (not just civil) repentance). They object on the basis that it is unjust &/or unfair for God to demand that we exercise saving faith & repentance if we not constitu...
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The Imago Dei & The Environment

God is a triune spirit, infinite, eternal, & unchangeable as to being, wisdom, power, justice, holiness, goodness, & truth — ie GLORY Some Christians believe that, even though we (ie people) are created in God’s image, the animals are not. It’s as if they think that because the Bible explicitly states that people are created in God’s image, animals are not.    Their reasoning process looks to what God says about us (people) & our attributes (created in God’s image) then, seeing no direct statement that animals are also created in God’s image, they draw a conclusion that does not follow from the premise (ie animals are not created in God’s image).  In other words, they accept what God explicitly states about the human image (created in God’s image) & our dominion over the created order, then, while looking g at our (visible) image/attributes) & authority, they interpret us as animals’ custodians & overlords then draw conclusions about the nature of ...
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Covenant Theology In Outline Form 30: The New Testament

Shema  - Gospels Historical Prologue  - Acts General Stipulations - Paul & Hebrews Specific Stipulations  - Pastorals  Covenant Renewal  - Jude  Document Clause  - Rev. 1 - 3  Witnesses  - Rev. 4 - 19  Victory Statement  - Revelation 20 - 22  Note :  There are other ways to do this.  This just the one that comes to my mind at the present time. To Part 31 To Part 29
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