A basic definition of sin is a violation of our relationship with God. A similar definition of sin is putting our will above God's will for our lives. We have free will over our choices. Confession of sin, surrender, and repentance (turning 180°) are essential to the process of change...
Even among those who agree upon the basic grammar of Christology enshrined in theChalcedonian Definition–namely, that Christ is one person in two distinct but inseparable natures–there is often confusion and disagreement about what kind of incarnation we are talking about. What would it even me...
What is the best definition of allusion? 1 :an implied or indirect reference especially in literature a poem that makes allusions to classical literaturealso : the use of such references. 2 : the act of making an indirect reference to something : the act of alluding to something. What are ...
I hold that the ordinary definition of a free agent — namely, that a free agent is that which, when all things are present that are needful to produce the effect, can nevertheless not produce it implies a contradiction, and is nonsense; being as much as to say the cause may be ...
They were Mystics, according to Montesquieu's definition, "Les devots qui out le coeur tendre." The mediaeval mysticism, in its gradual progress from a mere poetical sentiment to a speculative system, and thence to a living, practical power, led men steadily forward towards the Reformation. ...
The Biblical Definition of a “Cheating Husband” is Different Than Our Modern Definition Today most people, including Bible believing Christians, would define a cheating husband as a married man that is emotionally or physically intimate with a woman other than his wife. They will refer to such...
Viewpoint Flood models and biblical realism Jonathan Sarfati Biblical creationists by definition believe in a globe-covering flood. But how this occurred has been a matter of intense debate within the creationist geologist community. Some general observations can be made from a theological, philosophic...
Prophetic concealment in a biblical type scene (Regarding the dynamic relationship between theophany/revelation and restrained silence in divine-human communication)Examines the meaning of prophetic concealment in a Biblical type scene. Definition of a prophet; Common prophetic tradition of crisis and re...
Webster’s dictionary defines a slave as “a person held in servitude as the chattel of another”. The word ‘chattle’ refers to a human being that is owned by another human being. By our modern definition of slavery, we cannot comprehend the concept of a person being owned by another ...
these two principles meet that definition. There is no other scientific law supported more fully and certainly by more numerous and meaningful lines of evidence than are these two laws. All physical processes (and all biologic processes, for that matter) involve the interplay of two basic entities...