Anselm, the Ontological Argument, Faith and Reason
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“Anselm believed that the fact that humans are the kind of creatures that even raise the question of deity suggests there is something about us and the world that makes the idea of God reasonable in the first place.” - Breakpoint
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Do Egalitarians Need Safe Spaces?
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“The April 2024 issue of Christianity Today includes three cover stories addressing ongoing differences between complementarians and egalitarians. Titled ‘Division of Labor,’ the cover asks whether egalitarians and complementarians are really as opposed to one another as people suppose.” - Denny Burk
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The Internal Evidence of Inerrancy, Part 1
By Bob Courtney
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Why Doesn’t God Make His Existence More Evident?
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“Why didn’t God write ‘Jesus Saves’ with the stars?…. As counterintuitive as it may seem, there is no reason to believe that if God were to make His existence more manifest that more people would repent of their sin and enter into a saving relationship with Him.” - Sean McDowell
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Works of Art: Visible Evidence of God’s Beauty & Glory
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“When artists, be they Christian or not, create works of art, they are participating in God’s superabundance in one of four ways. First, their work bears witness to the reality of God.” - IFWE
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Gender in Bible Translation: A Crucial Issue Still Mired in Misunderstanding
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“This article argues that much of the controversy surrounding gender in Bible translation is unnecessary.
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A Review of Keith E. Durso’s ‘Thy Will Be Done: A Biography of George W. Truett’
Thy Will Be Done: A Biography of George W. Truett* by Keith E. Durso. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2009. 377 pp., hardback.
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Why do some Bible verses use the word “straw” to describe what is fed to animals?
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“Straw has little sustenance value. Isiaah 11:7 says that the lion will eat straw like the ox. This translation grates on the nerves of a farmer, for every farmer knows that you do not feed straw to an ox” - Matt Postiff
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Alternative Facts: Domitian’s Persecution of Christians
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“Despite a lack of evidence, Jones observes that the tradition concerning Domitian’s persecution persists: ‘From a frail, almost non-existent basis, it gradually developed and grew large.’ Thus the alternative facts sown by these ancient historians grew to a truism of Christian history.” - Biblical Archaeology Society
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