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Archive for July, 2019
VerseD: Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on the Lord , and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22, ESV
God will help you believe and remain faithful.
Ultimately, He will bring you to His side, beside the immovable, immutable One.
Because of Christ.
VerseD: Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24, ESV
The only condition here is “according to God’s will.” In Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are conforming to His likeness with access to His mind.
Believe in God, and pray for this world and your witness to it.
A Quick look into Church History About the History of the Earth
There is a danger in saying “because it was always done this way, so why change?” However, it is more valid when based on the idea of Occam’s Razor: (to paraphrase) the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
The plainest, least convoluted way to understand the Scriptures is that God created the Earth several thousand years ago. Jumping through theological, philosophical, grammatical, and logical hoops to make scientific theory fit ultimately leads to the truth that many do in fact come to: One of them must be wrong.
Seeing as one keeps changing regularly (such as the age of the Universe recently being up for grabs again, by as much as 2 BILLION years on the lower end), maybe it is not the safest bet to follow.
Thanks to our Orange friend for compiling these thoughts.Daniel
The following is from a conversation I had with a Catholic friend I like and admire:
You made a passing comment about the lack of uniform belief in a literal week about 6,000 years ago through church history, and of course I cannot deny this. But then, no church had a doctrine of transubstantiation for the first thousand years of church history, and most today still do not.
One must build a case for what the Bible does and does not teach by the Bible, not by popular vote.
As AiG answers this better than I could, I shall just do a little cut and paste action here to explain why this is not an argument against my position, but rather, the history behind this question is a case against the OEC position.
From AiG:
Is Genesis non-committal on the age of the earth, as Sproul and many other scholars…
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We can know the words of the Old Testament Part 3
We can know the words of the Old Testament Part 3
Review: Last two lessons we saw a total of nine reasons why we can know the original words of the Old Testament
- Reason #1: God’s Word says the Word of God will endure forever
- Reason #2: The Old Testament was written down.
- Reason #3: Temple officials were intentional in checking the manuscripts
- Reason #4: Masora Finalis
- Reason #5: Jesus affirms the words of the Scriptures will endure
- Reason #6: Masora Parva
- Reason #7: Dead Sea Scroll
- Reason #8: Oldest Hebrew Witness
- Reason #9: Other language translations
Purpose: In this session we shall consider more reasons why we can believe why we can know the actual words of the Old Testament so that we will have faith in God’s Word being God’s Word.
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VerseD: Isaiah 54:17
“no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
Isaiah 54:17, ESV
As Christians, we have the truth. No argument can defeat God’s truth.
And even if people try to hurt or kill us, we still have eternal life waiting for us in Christ.
VerseD: 2 Timothy 1:7
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7, ESV
We should not shrink back from sharing God’s truth with a rebellious, fallen world. We have the power to obey Christ’s commands and love by the Holy Spirit.
Ken Ham vs. the SES Apologetic
This is a little on the long side, but it explains parts of apologetics very well, especially coming from a Young Earth perspective.
Daniel
I wanted to spend a few moments interacting with this article over at the Southern Evangelical Seminary blog,
Does Ken Ham’s Defense Biblical Authority Lead to Biblical Skepticism?
It’s an article written by my past internet foil, Adam Tucker. He has provided us with a helpful treatise expaining the methodology behind how SES teaches apologetic engagement. He excellently contrasts a classical/Thomist approach to apologetics from a presuppositional/Bible-based one that I believe lends us insight for sharpening our apologetic focus.
Bear with me, this is gonna be a long one
A Little Background
Now the first thing one is probably wondering about is what exactly does Ken Ham have to do with all of this. Well, since about 2012, folks over at Southern Evangelical Seminary have expressed dismay at Ken Ham’s presentations defending biblical creationism. The first real vocal critic was SES professor, Richard Howe, who wrote an emotional critique of…
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VerseD: Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1, ESV
Our God can handle anything, because He is ultimately in control of everything.
Fall in His arms and trust His strength in every thing that comes your way.
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Do we truly love the Lord our God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths? Maybe I can help with the mind part, at least! This is Daniel M. Klem, apparent poet, reluctant yet passionate Disciple (Peter?), and foolish man attempting to understand theology!
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