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How can we be arrogant about our knowledge of God when we don’t fully understand ourselves. Spiritual maturity shines light on dark places, places we’ve not known but were always there. It isn’t only because I am a philosopher that I side with Socrates when he said, “I just know that I don’t know.” But […]
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What evidence will Sidney Powell present in court concerning voter election fraud? Well, on the Larry O’ Connor Show on WMAL 105.9 FM, Powell said that she was given digital images of votes being switched by the Dominion voting machines . If this is true, then our country is about to be rocked! If we
John Calvin, in his Institutes, taught that men have a natural inclination that gives us knowledge of the divine. He also accepts original sin as the view that wisdom and other gifts God gave Adam were lost: “After the heavenly image in man was effaced, he not only was himself punished by a withdrawal of
Claim: Jesus did not use ‘I am’ as a title for his divinity because (a) the Hebrew word in Exodus 3:14, ‘Ehyer’ means ‘I will be’ and is almost never translated as ‘Eigo Eimi’ in the Greek old testament (LXX) (b) The Septuagint (LXX, the Greek old testament) doesn’t refer to God as ‘Eigo eimi’
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Pentecostal theology teaches that the evidence of the possessing the Holy Spirit is tongues. They reason by induction from a few cases of tongues accompanying the Gift of the Spirit and infer that every believer who receives the Holy Spirit speaks in tongues. Does scripture support this view? No. It doesn’t. In order for scripture
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We often find ourselves at a loss for words and with more questions than answers. When the perpetual thought that you are unlovable assails your mind, or the thought that you’re not good enough to be saved torments your peace, you want to be able to find answers, not just the opinions of others. If
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What does it mean to think critically? Critical thinking is intentional thinking aimed at some goal. These goals represent two ways that most people think critically. They are knowledge and achievement. The Knowledge Approach The knowledge approach to critical thinking is typically found in the sciences and in other related disciplines. The goal of thinking
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We live during a time of information overload. The social-media giants, like Face-book and Google, are aging. We are witnessing the rise of new fields of experts called “influencers.” In past, if you wanted to be an expert in some profession or body of knowledge, you needed to have a degree. Today, you only need
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The obvious value of the ability to solve problems makes any explanation of its usefulness gratuitous. But and still many people go throughout their life without developing this skill. The skill is the same; however, there are endless ways to apply it. There are problems of faith, problems within marriage, problems in child-rearing, and problems
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We’ve all heard the aphorism that two are better than one, but you would probably be surprised to learn that there is a scripture in the Bible that echoes the same sentiment. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NIV) Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:10 If either of them falls down, one can help
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