The Bible has a lot to say about our fear of man, giving numerous examples of people (both believers and unbelievers) who at times were driven by this fear.
Why Creation Matters, Part 14: General Epistles
Two of these epistles are by Peter, and one of those contains the only substantial reference to Creation theology in this section of the Bible. That’s in 2 Peter 3.
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Courageous Waiting
In Psalm 27, David presents a dramatically different perspective on waiting. I call it “courageous waiting.” Let’s consider David’s mindset in these two verses.
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CDH Addresses Issues Surrounding Israel, Antisemitism
The 19th Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics met at Friends of Israel’s New Jersey headquarters, presenting 18 papers on Israel, war, and antisemitism, plus a rabbi panel.
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God Is Sovereign and We Aren’t Robots
Those who reject the biblical doctrine of God’s sovereignty, in attempting to protect man’s free will (thus exalting man) lower God (just a little, they reply).
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Honor True Widows: 1 Timothy 5:3–16 with Implications for the Church’s Social…
The reason for the believing women to take this responsibility is explained in the remainder of the verse. The church is not to be burdened with the care that the family members should take, because the church has the responsibility to care for widows who do not have family.
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False Logic: The Folly of Claiming the NT Is Needed to Rightly Interpret the OT (Part 2)
Universal access to the whole NT was not realistically possible for a very long time after the books which comprise the NT were gathered together in one volume. How many early believers could study these works, let alone own them?
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Why Creation Matters, Part 13: Hebrews
Hebrews resents a picture of the person and work of Christ that is unrivaled for breadth, depth, and expression anywhere else outside the Gospels. The author points three times to the centrality of Creation in his theology.
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False Logic: The Folly of Claiming the NT Is Needed to Rightly Interpret the OT (Part 1)
Among those who like to criticize Dispensational Premillennialism one encounters a popular mantra: The OT needs to be interpreted by the NT. Since the NT introduces Jesus Christ, and the Apostolic writings unpack the doctrine of Christ, one must go back to the OT with the NT teaching in hand to unlock God’s meaning.
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