Did God create disorder and chaos? What does it actually mean to be evil? And how do you tell your kids that in the Bible dragons are actually the “bad guys”? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from the first half of the Chaos Drago
What does it mean that humans are created in the image of God? In this episode, the guys discuss the biblical theme of the image of God and its implications for Jesus followers. As humans, we bear the image of God, but what is the purpose of this for us––what is the purpose for...
Paul David Tripp suggests that if isolation from the culture (rejection) is on one end of the spectrum, and immersion in the culture (assimilation) is on the other end, then Christians can find a biblically-appropriate place between the two. He calls this place, “redemption interaction.” R...
Or, again, does the Bible seem to prohibit marriage, and particularly slave-ee intermarriage, for female slaves? I shall argue, first, that the two terms as used biblically are synonyms. The most likely reason, in my opinion, for the presence of two terms is that each has a ...
a problem with me, but I’m not going to initiate if that person won’t do it.” Given what Jesus has said about the wronged party going to the offender, it’s clear that responsibility lies with the victim for initiating reconciliation. But does this mean the offender is off the hook...
d. Hyper-Calvinists are unable to see how God can be gracious to all, and yet at the same time be gracious to some, and willing to save all when He has already willed that only the elect would be saved. To them, it is a contradiction that God Himself cannot reconcile. It must be...
me ever again, BEFORE I choose to reconcile with him. And reconciliation takes place in stages – I am free to interact on a limited level or not at all. There are some people whom I am required to forgive but I am not necessarily required to continue in relationship with them anymore....
d. Hyper-Calvinists are unable to see how God can be gracious to all, and yet at the same time be gracious to some, and willing to save all when He has already willed that only the elect would be saved. To them, it is a contradiction that God Himself cannot reconcile. It must be...
What does it mean that humans are created in the image of God? In this episode, the guys discuss the biblical theme of the image of God and its implications for Jesus followers. As humans, we bear the image of God, but what is the purpose of this for us––what ...