In the Spring of 2011 I found myself teaching a class on “Heaven, Hell and Everything in Between”. At the end of the last session in which we had discussed the new heavens and new earth, I was asked a question I was unprepared to answer (happens often enough). Here's my paraphrase of the question: … Continue reading Our Destiny in God, Part 1
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Theosis: What we Gain in Christ > What we Lost in Adam
The question that will be driving me for the next two weeks, especially in the evenings after we get the kids to be and I am free to read/write, is this: "If Adam and Eve were in perfect union & communion with God in the Garden and still fell, what makes us so sure that … Continue reading Theosis: What we Gain in Christ > What we Lost in Adam
Best Paragraph this Week
I haven't had time to post anything real this week as I'm out in St.Louis taking another class. It's a great class on our Union with Christ. Lewis Smedes writes a wonderful paragraph, my favorite in all I've read the past two weeks. Commenting on Ephesians 1:1-3 he writes (and where you read 'Paul' insert … Continue reading Best Paragraph this Week
Pagan Kings, God and His Purposes
The whole section of Isaiah running from chapters 40 to 55 is one of my favorites in all the prophets, and it happens that I'm reading them now in my own private study. Specifically, I was very encouraged by chapter 45 this week. Here's a few things that really stuck out: 1. God uses pagans. … Continue reading Pagan Kings, God and His Purposes
Women are Not Supposed to Submit to Men
I just read this post, "Women, Stop Submitting to Men" from Dr. Moore's blog (in case you aren't familiar with Dr. Moore, he's Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY): Those of us who hold to so-called “traditional gender roles” are often assumed to believe that women should … Continue reading Women are Not Supposed to Submit to Men
God Entranced 