Some Thoughts About the End-Times
Several months ago, the teens at church asked three questions during Sunday School as the teacher covered 2 Thessalonians 2, and I wrote up a brief response to augment the teacher’s answers. These were their questions:
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The Confessions
In this excerpt from Augustine’s Confessions,1 he explains his own struggles as a Christian with the allure of praise from men.
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“the categories that form the basis for penal substitutionary atonement do not arise from an ‘Enlightenment worldview’ or from the interpretive biases of a Western judicial framework”
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“It seems that Wu misunderstands what we mean, however, when we say that biblical categories must take precedence over cultural ones (and when we imply that honor / shame proponents elevate cultural categories over biblical ones).” - 9 Marks
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LifeWay’s Stores Are Closing. But Its Christian Books Will Be in More Stores Than Ever.
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“LifeWay has launched an ‘authorized dealer program’ that allows independent Christian retailers to sell its popular Bible studies.” - Christianity Today
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Did OT Israel create anything new in terms of music?
In another thread, I encountered some statements about which I would like to know how prevalent these views are:
“There is zero evidence that OT Israel created anything new in terms of music.”
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Jeremiah’s Great Eschatological Vision (Part 2)
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The Locus Classicus of the New Covenant
Then we arrive at the prophecy about the New covenant (Jer. 31:31-34). The verses are immediately followed by a Divine guarantee of future fulfillment (Jer. 31:35-37). So it behooves us to look at it carefully:
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