Retirement doesn’t just raise financial concerns – it can also mean feeling unmoored and irrelevant
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“If you have spent 40 years of your life working 40 hours a week, retirement isn’t just a financial consideration, writes a philosopher.” - RNS
The Theological Center of Our Current Political Battle
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“While I agree that the struggle in politics is ‘theological’… it is not merely a matter of the theology of left and right at odds with one another. The problem is that unless men submit themselves to the God who made all things, they can’t see the world properly.” - Don Johnson
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Is It Appropriate for Christians to Still Refer to Themselves as Sinners?
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“We should recognize and live in accordance with our redeemed identity in Christ…. Yes, we are covered by the righteousness of Christ. We are His saints, His holy ones. But there are three tenses of salvation” - Randy Alcorn
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No Plato, Yes Scripture: Why We Don’t Need Plato to Tell Us How to Understand Our Bibles
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“ ‘No Plato, No Scripture’—the second chapter of Hans Boersma’s Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew—is a clever title for continuing the Christian Platonist project. But how seriously should we take its underlying arguments?” - Christ Over All
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Bearing God’s Image: Why the Image of God Is Not Abstract Art
You’re staring at the painting, pretending to appreciate it like those around you in the museum. Maybe they are pretending too? You’re not sure. What is this picture? Why do so many people like it? What’s the big deal? Maybe this is how you feel about the image of God. How does knowing you are an image bearer help you? What are the practical implications of bearing God’s image?
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“The Trinity is in the Old Testament present but concealed”
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“God does not simply call Himself Ehyeh (I AM). Instead, God gives Moses a new Hebrew word that appears to be a concatenation of syllables from three other words: Yihyeh – He will be; Hoveh – He was; Hayah – He is.” - P&D
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Demonology: What Does the Bible Say about Demons?
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“The Bible does speak of demons, and demonology is a proper subject of theology.2 If angels and demons exist and afflict God’s people as the Bible asserts, then their existence and methods are necessary for a Christian’s understanding of reality.” - Word by Word
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On Church, Part 6: Changing Churches
Read the series.
There’s one more thing we ought to take a look at in this series. Sometimes you need to change churches. The census bureau tells us that on average, 1 in 10 Americans change residences in any given year, and many of those moves will necessitate changing churches. Sometimes a church closes. Sometimes an opportunity arises, one you feel compelled to take. Sometimes you just have to leave.
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New in Themelios 49.2
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“Daniel Strange – Strange Times: The Tightrope of Teaching Typology… Kevin DeYoung – A Tale of Two Texts: How the Westminster Confession of Faith Was Changed by American Presbyterians… Joshua Bremerman – Wisdom Is Vindicated by Her Deeds: Ecclesiastes 3:1–15 in Matthew 11:16–19… Timothy E. Miller – Unbelieving Child and Qualified Elder: A Case for “Faithful” Children in Titus 1:6” and more. - Themelios
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