evilthe BibleepistemologywarrantsinFreudreligious beliefChristianityIn this book's companion volumes (Warrant: The Current Debate and Warrant and Proper Function), I examined the nature of epistemic warrant, that quantity, enough of which distinguishes knowledge from mere true belief; in this book, I...
Some American Christians worry that we are being persecuted and that our freedom of religion is being infringed. That’s always true to some extent – and the idea is scary.HOW DID JESUS DEAL WITH IT?Jesus practiced non-violent non-cooperation toward evil persons. The results of his courage...
Fornication is, both spiritually and intrinsically, a different sort of interaction from the marital act. That’s why the consequences are so dire. Christianity.com Editorial Staff Christianity.com UpdatedAug 11, 2023 SHARE "Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but...
Christianity.com UpdatedOct 29, 2024 SHARE But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers ofdiscernmenttrained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil-(Hebrews 5:14). What Is Discernment? Discernment is defined, in the modern secular sense, as “the faculty of ...
Satan; the chief evil spirit in Christianity. The Devil tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden. 1 Demon An inner or personal issue or problem. He's battling his personal demons. 4 Devil A person with specified characteristics. He's a lucky devil to have won the lottery. 1 Demon An evil sp...
When we come to the term Christian Nationalism, we understand that one can be both a Nationalist and a Christian if these two identity markers are distinct in a hierarchy. Christianity would be a natural good of societies and nations. And, in a nation that is rightly ordered, the principles...
By the way, just from general revelation someone might believe in God still in a way short of saving faith. However, he believes in a non-saving way. This is not faith enough to save and in that way, it still could be short-termed, point action kind of belief exercised by people who...
Christian society is the riskiest and most dangerous type of society, the most open to catastrophic derailment, such as the derailment brought by modern liberalism. Yet Christianity’s this-worldly “lack,” which makes Christian society so vulnerable in comparison to the religiously structured ...
which means “known” to create the word agnostic which has come to mean “the existence of God is unknown and/or unknowable.” He used the word gnostic as a reference to the word “Gnosticism,” a branch of early Christianity which was eventually declared to be heresy by the Orthodox Ch...
In religion and folklore, hell is an afterlife location in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, often torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are Christianity and Isl...