Tag: theology
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Immeasurable.
Who is it that shapes me? Makes me new. Changes the old dead man within, to one of life and youth. What do men see of me? What truth is known of my soul. I am a shadow of what I was meant to be. Greater Men than I have fallen, and greater men fall…
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Bad poetry on an empty stomach and brain.
Labor oh man, shovel coal into thy furnace. Feed the fires, fan the flame. Labor oh man, break boulders into dust. Chisel away, shape thy life. Labor oh man, but do not labor in vain. What costs righteousness? What price for goodness? Your life, and soul, for all eternity. Labor oh man, forget Him not. …
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Substitutionary atonement and guilt ACBC essay
The substitutionary atonement of Christ is most often remembered by the cross. How Ironic that an instrument of torture is now forever ingrained in the symbolism of Christainity. It is not without reason that we remember the cross. It is the representation of that act which saved us from eternal judgment. How great a gift…
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The Dual Nature of Jesus Christ.
One of the most profound mysteries in the universe is the coming of Jesus Christ as a man. How could an almighty God do such a thing? Why would He do such a thing? Because of his lovingkindness and mercy according to scripture. I am tasked with describing the mystery and explaining through scripture why…
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Egalitarianism and Complementarianism.
We as the church are in conflict with our culture, and that is as it should be. We must be careful that we do not soften doctrine so as to be in a more agreeable relationship with our culture and one of the areas where I observe softening of doctrine is the topic of the…
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ACBC Man essay.
Explain, using biblical categories, your understanding of the image of God in man. God is glorious, Holy beyond our comprehension, good, full of lovingkindness, mercy, truth. All powerful, all knowing, ever present, perfect. And we are made in his image. Yet even a cursory overview of humanity tells us that we lack many of these…
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The attributes of God
The importance of the Characteristics of God in the christian faith can not be dismissed. I say this because throughout my teens into my early twenties I was under the impression that the important part of being a christian was loving christ, and loving your neighbor as yourself. This is very true. Yet we were…
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Confidence
Break. Confidence. In what do we place our confidence? In what do we place our trust? It is fairly mainstream to say “confidence is key.” and as far as the world is concerned that is perfectly right. Those who are more confident tend to succeed, as with everything too much confidence can lead to disaster…
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Idols
We do not know how closely we hold our idols till they are torn away from us. With them come skin, hair, blood. They have grown into us, or we into them. Like a tree wrapped in wire, we take them into ourselves strangling slowly over decades. How it hurts. Being saved, the cutting away…
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The importance of doctrine.
The importance of Doctrine in the Christian faith can not be dismissed. I say this because throughout my teens into my early twenties I was under the impression that the important part of being a Christian was loving christ, and loving your neighbor as yourself. This is very true. Yet we were not given only…
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