Plato’s View of the Soul
The Platonic view of the human soul represents all souls as having no beginning or end. They existed before joining with the mortal body and will continue to exist after the body is dead.
The Traditional Christiand View
The traditional Christian view is heavily influenced by the Platonic view. Souls are still inherently […]
Published October 29th, 2006
in Resurrection, Covenant and Baptism.
As dedicated protestants, we all acknowledge that justification is by faith. Whether we have a proper definition of faith is another story. Hebrews 11 gives an excellent treatment of what faith that justifies looks like. Faith is believing the promises of God. If you have faith in God, you know and believe that he is […]
Published October 26th, 2006
in Means of Grace, Kingdom of God and Scripture.
How essential is Holy Scripture to your life? Do you use it to quote a verse out of context here and there to “prove” a point of your belief system to someone, or is it something that is used to powerfully transform you and govern your life? Here is an excerpt from N.T. Wright’s book […]
Published October 19th, 2006
in Satire.
Maybe the secret rapture will look like this.
Published October 17th, 2006
in Our Practical God and Theology.
This post is probably going to be the first of a series of posts on how I believe that our God is a practical one. It seems to me that our culture today is very fascinated with the supernatural. We are fascinated in ghosts, angels and demons, afterlives, out of body experiences, etc. These things […]
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