Every now and again, I'm called a "liberal" on this website. Usually it’s for things like accepting an old earth, holding to a local flood, being too ecumenical, or not fitting neatly into political categories. For newcomers or curious onlookers, a short thread. 🧵.

Would like to ask for prayer for my writing. Over the next three months (July, August, September) I will be doing the bulk of writing for a book entitled Why Christianity Makes Sense. Started writing today and I really believe in the concept. It’s a popular-level presentation,.

My uncle Walt Harrah has written a wonderful new worship song which just released: "God of all Eternity".

I develop this a bit more here:

Here's a happy thought: picture a table in heaven with 21 chairs. Every chair is occupied. It is Job, having fellowship with his 20 children--not one of whom was ever lost or replaced.

One plausible answer is that God did double his children because his original 10 children were never lost. Those who die in the Lord are not lost: they are more alive than ever, and in the Lord we shall be reunited with them forever.

Yet the one thing that isn't doubled is the number of his children: . -"There were born to him seven sons and three daughters" (Job 1:2). -"He had also seven sons and three daughters" (Job 42:13). Why does God double his animals but not his children?.

Job 42:10 says "the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before." . From Job 1:3 to Job 42:12, we can count the doubling of his livestock:. 700 Sheep --> 1400 Sheep.3000 Camels --> 6000 Camels.500 Yoke of Oxen --> 1000 Yoke of Oxen.500 Female Donkeys --> 1000 Female Donkeys.

Did God simply "replace" Job's children at the end of his suffering? Close attention to the text reveals something else is going on.

C.S. Lewis on Christian disagreement. The rooms are denominations; the hall is "mere Christianity:". "When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong they need your prayers all the.

Thankful today that Christ never stops giving. No matter how brutal the world around can seem or be, we can retreat into his presence for calmness, strength, joy, and courage.

RT @javierperd2604: How should Protestants go about DEFENDING our view of the Biblical canon? 📚🤔. See my latest discussion w/ @gavinortlund….

In this video I lay out a brief explanation of why this matters, and consider several objections.

This does not mean that our conception of God has no similarity to that of Islam. But worship, properly defined, is a covenantal activity responding to God's self-revelation.

Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? Christians should reject this claim because the Trinity and the Incarnation are decisive for determining valid worship.

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I find the binding nature of logic and math strangely comforting. 2+3=5 no matter how I feel about it. Whatever else happens, 2+3 will continue equalling precisely 5 for all eternity. Nothing can dethrone truth.

I find that James 3:13-18 gives us a good model to aim for in our speech and public discourse:. 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your.

I've been reflecting lately on the importance of showing love amidst our disagreements. Paul might well have said, "if I correct every error in the world, but have not love, I am nothing" (cf. I Cor. 13:1-3). Loveless criticism abounds these days--not just in the culture.

A while back I shared I was building a customizable card game based on the Narnia books. Unfortunately, copyright challenges proved insurmountable. The good news is I have redirected my energies toward building Church History: The Board Game. It involves spreading churches.