Biblical Sexualityis expressly defined by God. Before birth, God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female through genetic encoding and physiological manifestation. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. Rejection of one’s biologica...
“To believe without believing”isJuan Matus’motto, defined as the first rule of warrior: the perfect balance between two opposite poles, the art of reconciling the irreconciliable … i.e. ourbrain’s hemispheres.That is the ability and the authority a warrior needs to force a blocked door...
Young-Life Creationist’ view of the origin of carnivores. The animals in the circles represent the “ark kinds” or common ancestors of the species in each kind. Each species has evolved from those common ancestors but YLC’s insist that there can be no common ancestor o...
Terms Defined The terms “Trinity” and “persons” as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, are words in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others our immediate understanding of the doctrine of Christ respecting the Being of God, as distinguished from “...
Adam’s sin, committed by eating of the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, carried with it permanent pollution or depraved human nature to all his descendants. This is called “original sin.” Sin can now be defined as a volitional transgression against God and a...
Standing here next to the sea of spirituality I can actually see a possible future where spirituality is defined without referring to religion except historically. But I also wonder if the parts of “spirituality” I’m adopting, the ones stripped of their mystical roots like mindfulness breathing...
It can also be defined within the broader context of embracing an opinion contrary to one’s previous beliefs.[1] One who commits apostasy (or who apostatizes) is known as an apostate. The term apostasy is used by sociologists to mean renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to, a ...
Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi. Loosely translated: “The norm of prayer governs the norm of belief; the norm of belief governs the norm of living.”
Answer: As we have already seen, it’s a dogmatic fact that a heretic cannot be the pope, since it’s an infallibly defined dogma that a heretic is not a member of the Catholic Church. Objection 15):The Church and the hierarchy will always be visible. If the Vatican II Church is ...
Thus the Council of Trent defined justification as “not only a remission of sins but also the sanctification and renewal of the inner man” (DJ 7). So at the beginning of the Christian life, God forgives our sins and gives us the gift of righteousness. But he’s not done with us. ...