Toward a Theologically Minded Church

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“So one thing we all need to do is ask ourselves, What is my study of theology resulting in in me? How is how is this changing me? How is it affecting me? Am I growing and is that demonstrated by the way I’m relating to my brothers and sisters in Christ” - TGC

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NASA and Existential Questions

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“SPHEREx is trying to find out what caused the Big Bang. If they really want to get at the origins of the universe, they might want to add something to their list. We know that something cannot come from nothing.” - James Emery White

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On the Supernatural: Can We Call It Something Else?

My earliest memory of a “witch” is of a pretty young lady named Samantha making magical things happen by twitching her nose with a quirky sound effect. It was the 1964 sitcom, “Bewitched.” We watched the reruns over and over. Another childhood memory is of the cackling crone in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, who left hair pins in her wake whenever she ran. I later learned she also had a name: Witch Hazel.

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The Christian and Science

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“Lest we slip into critical attitudes toward science, we must remember that science began with a mandate God gave in creation. God commanded Adam and Eve to have dominion over the earth and to subdue it…. The scientific enterprise is a part of that task.” - R.C. Sproul

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Gideon: Man of Faith

Read Part 1.

Although Gideon is certainly a man driven by his anxieties when we first meet him in Judges 6, the magnificent accomplishments which God worked through him were definitely done on the basis of faith.

Indeed, this man of fear became a man of faith—and it was that faith that drove one of the greatest victories in all of Biblical history.

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Do you believe the fire in the Lake of Fire and/or hell is literal fire?

Hell and the Lake of Fire are clearly taught in the Scripture. Sometimes hell is referred to as outer darkness, at other times a place where the fire is not quenched. What is your understanding about this? Feel free to share comments and insights.

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The Problem of “Evil”: What Is It?

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“The quotation marks in the title are not a typo. It’s an attempt to isolate and investigate a very specific question: not only ‘the question of the origin of evil,’ …but the very definition of evil itself.” - Theology in 3D

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