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Epistemology and the Nature of Scripture
I once read in a book by a Christian author that he had no use for the ''red letter Bible'' (the ones that have all of Jesus' words in red) because ''every word in the Bible is from God!'' I used to...
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Ode to Nea Nea
As you have no doubt noticed, the semester has been very busy for us here at COAS, and posts have been short as of late. We are also adjusting to a few staff changes, and reconsidering how we are...
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Covenants - Obedience and Rebellion
What it is: A specific form of relationshipHow God relates to us through covenant: He initiates, we respond.What voids a covenant: DeathWhat blessing means: being in right relationship with YHWHI...
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Moses Was a Fake!
In the spirit of our Seminarian Wager, I thought I would discuss a theory of the composition of the Old Testament that may challenge both our faith and our doubts. This particular challenge will...
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My Thorn
So to keep me from being too elated by the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from being too elated.- II...
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Missiology
Evangelism is often seen as a separate program within a church or para-church organization. Gospel-Centered Evangelism, however, is FAR more! In fact, it is a lifestyle. This lifestyle is having what...
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The Gospel as Identity
n response to some of the questions on the last post, I'd like to try and answer a few as well as clarify. This post will define a little more the difference between Gospel and Religion in the way...
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Debunking Religion and Restoring Gospel Truth
A friend of mine once gave me some wise counsel on teaching: always remember the ''so what?'' factor. All this info and discourse is great, but so what? What do we do with it? Is one way better...
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Grace, Legalism, and the Emerging
To start off, I was really surprised that the last post didn't elicit any comments. Oh well. This one should be interesting. Oh and if you actually get the joke in this comic, this post is nothing...
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Transformational Truth
Truth is not just a theoretical discussion, a philosophical proposition, or a statement of reality. Truth is transformational. It is meant to affect us in such a way that it changes how we live....
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Handle the Truth
From the Gospel Coalition's Vision Statement for Ministry We affirm that truth is conveyed by Scripture. We believe that Scripture is pervasively propositional and that all statements of Scripture are...
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On Truth
There are a couple things that are very important to point out in this first answer.They acknowledge the ''idolotry'' of claiming to be able to objectively know truth.Yet they affirm objective truth...
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