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Post 48: "Papering the House"
I played in a jazz-rock band (think, Chicago, Tower of Power, BS&T) throughout the '70s. While we never made it big, we did have a bit of...
Aug 23, 20224 min read
Post 47: A Different God? - God is Spirit
Recap: In an effort to ensure that we are worshiping the true God, we have been exploring the three denominative expressions of God in...
Jul 17, 20224 min read
Post 46: A Different God? - God is Light
Recap: We have embarked on an effort to ensure that we are worshipping the true God by exploring the three nouns used in the Bible to...
Jun 19, 20225 min read
Post 45: A Different God? God is Love
Recap: In the previous couple of posts, I made some general observations about false gods and posed the question: At what point does a...
May 20, 20225 min read
Post 44: A Different God? Allow Me to Clarify
Recap: In the last post, I explained that a Calvinist pastor/friend took issue with a statement from my book that says, "the god of...
Apr 22, 20224 min read
Post 43: A Different God? - Intro
Background Before a book is published it is common for a writer to reach out to people with a certain amount of expertise in the subject...
Mar 24, 20225 min read
Post 42 - The Will of the Wind
Not My Will, but Your Will When I was in high school, a popular destination for the kids during Easter break was the Colorado River. In...
Mar 2, 20225 min read
Post 41 - Unity (not diversity) Is Our Strength
Unity There is an old adage that says that "a camel is a horse designed by committee." A camel is a very strange-looking creature indeed....
Feb 5, 20224 min read
Post 40 - Oh, Figs!
Happy new year to all! Recap: In a recent post (Post 38, Nov 25, 2021), I explained my belief that, similar to how an acorn is...
Jan 15, 20224 min read
Post 39 - Know Wonder - a Christmas Message
The Want of Wonder G.K. Chesterton once lamented, “The world will never starve for want of wonders, but only for want of wonder.” There...
Dec 20, 20213 min read
Post 38 - "Human Infrastructure"
Recap: In the last post we challenged the notion of divine determinism/meticulous providence - the belief that God controls/micromanages...
Nov 25, 20214 min read
Post 37 - Who Did What?
Greetings to all. I know it's been a while since my last post. In August we completed a survey through the Gospel of John with regard to...
Nov 9, 20214 min read
Post 36 - Hope, Freedom, Truth
Recap: Last week we completed a review of some of the election-related verses in the Gospel of John with an illustration Jesus gives...
Aug 1, 20213 min read
Post 35 - An Illustration: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 7
Recap: For the past several posts, we have been reviewing some of the much-debated texts on the doctrine of election in the Gospel of...
Jul 25, 20215 min read
Post 34 - Given by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 6b
(This is a continuation of the previous post.) John the Baptist In the first chapter of the Gospel of John, upon seeing Jesus, John the...
Jul 18, 20216 min read
Post 33 - Given by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 6a
Recap: We are continuing to look at the three criteria Jesus gives in John 6, vv 37-44, 65 that preceded being able to "come to" him:...
Jul 11, 20215 min read
Post 32 - Drawn by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John - Part 5
Recap: In the last post, I proposed that much of sixth chapter of the Gospel of John describes a three-step process of apostolic...
Jul 4, 20216 min read
Post 31 - Taught by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John - Part 4
Recap: Last week's post included a reminder that, prior to the cross, the familiar Christian path to enter the kingdom of heaven had not...
Jun 27, 20215 min read
Post 30 - Born of God: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 3
Recap: In last week's post, I noted that the Gospel of John contains some of the most oft-cited passages in the debate on divine...
Jun 20, 20215 min read
Post 29 - Overview: Election in the Gospel of John - Part 2
Recap: Last week I proposed that the New Testament could be described as the revealing of God's plan to build the Christian Church - the...
Jun 13, 20215 min read
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