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Theology Thursday
We’re undertaking a new project. Every thursday we’re going to talk Theology. Why? Theology is the study of God. It is not the domain of dry academics and frustrated old men who argue jots and...
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Theology Thursday: God
Last week we asked, Are you made in God’s image, or is he made in yours? Most people would scoff at this and say, of course we’re made in his image. How would he be God if he were made in ours? I...
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Theology Thursday: God Doesn’t Need You
We are dependent creatures. We are conceived and grow inside our mother’s before we enter the world. Even then we rely on them for years to feed, clothe, teach, and take care of us. We rely on our...
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Theology Thursday: God Doesn’t Change
“The God of the New Testament is different from the God of the Old Testament.” Have you heard that idea before from unbelievers? Do you hold to that idea yourself? The idea asserts God changed somehow...
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Theology Thursday: God Knows
BE IT KNOWN: I won’t scratch the surface of the subject today. It is covered well in various Systematic Theologies, Carl Henry’s God Revelation and Authority, and many other books. They all look to the...
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Theology Thursday: God is Everywhere
“He sees you when you’re sleeping, He knows if you’re awake, He knows if you’ve been bad or good…” Quick, who are we singing about? Santa Claus?! No. Santa Claus is not omnipresent, silly. A fun jab...
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Theology Thursday: God is Powerful
The subject of the power of God is not new to any of us. We think about it often when we pray for the salvation of others. We meditate on it in light of world events. We talk to others about in defense...
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Theology Thursday: God is Trinitarian
One of the more confusing and mysterious bits of Christian orthodoxy is the doctrine of the Trinity. On this point Muslims and others accuse Christians of being polytheistic. Errors in this doctrine...
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Theology Thursday: God is Good
“God is good, all the time.” “All the time, God is good.” Ever had that exchange with someone or heard it? It’s almost a miniature doxology confessing the goodness of God. We say that he is good, and I...
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Theology Thursday: God Is Love
Have you ever thought what it means to love? Or have you ever tried to define love? Look at how love is defined in the culture and perhaps even in your own churches. It is often defined as...
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Theology Thursday: God is Just
We often think of God as loving. We often think of him as all-knowing. We often consider him all-powerful. However, we perhaps don’t put enough thought into God being just or righteous. Let me come out...
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Theology Thursday: God is Glorious
“To God be the glory.” “May God be glorified.” “For the glory of the Lord.” We use these phrases, perhaps quite a bit, but we do know what we are saying? Do you know what the glory of the Lord is? Can...
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Theology Thursday: God Creates
Have you ever flown on an airplane? I travel cross-country for work periodically and I can still remember my first look down at the ground from 38,000 feet. The glass isn’t great and there are multiple...
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Theology Thursday: The Imago Dei
When my son was born everyone said he looked like me. “He’s a spitting image of you!” I was captivated by the thought of this little human life bearing some semblance of my image. I stared into my...
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Theology Thursday: The Fall Part 1
This is not how things are supposed to be. That thought rolls through my mind often. Usually as I attend a funeral, learn of yet more evil in the world, or see senseless tragedy reported nightly on...
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Theology Thursday: The Fall Part 2
Last week I started off with the angst of the fall and sin’s effects on our lives. Each of us knows deep in our hearts that the way the world works is not things should be. The present state of affairs...
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Theology Thursday: The Fall Part 3 – Testimony of Grace
We all died in Adam. Will we all be made alive in Christ? I asked that question at the end of part 2. The fall has affected every part of creation. It has most certainly affected mankind in every...
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Theology Thursday: Redemption
Do you remember when you became aware of your sin before God? Do you remember the increasing dread of realization that you deserve hell? It took months of my friend talking about God and sharing the...
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