all loving God with the reality of human suffering on this earth (and with the reality of animal suffering as well), skeptics have also used the biblical doctrine of hell as a justification for their rejection of the Bible as the word of God and of the existence of the God who is alleg...
But here’s the thing: in this state it’s hard enough to find the strength to be his helpmeet and mother to our three children — WITHOUT also suffering the condemnation of the entire community (much of it behind my back) for not separating. So thank you so much for the validation t...
On the one hand we are called to follow the Scriptural principle and example of Christ which in I Peter 2:19 states “For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully”. So, if our first instinct every time we are wronged in any way by a...
It has primarily a literary perspective, with the New Testament passages about persecution and suffering as a main section. Droge and Tabor 1992 offers a thematic survey of noble death, starting with Socrates and his legacy. It considers both martyrdom and self-killing “voluntary death,” as ...
Please pardon my lack of blogging. I had some heavy preparation work for a seminar on “parenting adult children” and another on “suffering” recently, as well as working on several writing projects. I am hoping to get back into a better routine in the near future. ...
As we move on, I want to ask this question: Does the believer have an obligation to resist evil and to protect life? Think about it. Having looked at the obligation to preserve life, and the Biblical view of bloodshed, let's now look at passages dealing with self-defense and the use...
1. From the Book of Job, we can first learn that it is important to be present with those who are suffering but probably equally important to not judge or offer advice. 2. There are different levels to the book and also different views about suffering. 3. God's ways are much higher ...
But there must remain many passages which have been so corrected, but where we cannot today expose the fraud". With regard to the assertion of those many scholars who claim that the New Testament has not been interpolated to support what is known as orthodox doctrines, Conybeare goes on to...
311. "Dr. Griffin held that the atonement was not a literal suffering of the penalty, nor a literal satisfaction of the distributive justice of God, nor a literal removal of our desert of eternal death, nor a literal surplusage of Christ's meritorious personal obedience becoming our imputed ...
This avoidance of suffering, this self-preservation, is not what life is really about. Then, more definitely still, the summons to martyrdom. You must stand to your tackling. If you disown Christ here and now, he will disown you later. Logically, emotionally, imaginatively, the sequence is ...