Natural Theology and the Uneasy Conscience of Modern “Calvinism”

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“Bavinck defines [natural theology] as theology that is ‘through’ the natural order compared to supernatural theology (Scripture) that is ‘from beyond’ the natural order. … Therefore, natural theology should be understood as knowledge of God the Creator through his creation.” - London Lyceum

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Will We Know Each Other in Heaven?

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“…let me offer seven Scriptures that I have used to help people who wonder if they will be reunited with their believing loved ones in heaven. All of these point to our knowing one another in the resurrection, and some of them point to believers knowing one another immediately after death.” - Colin Smith

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Do Exodus 22 and Numbers 5 Allow Abortion?

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“Brian Bolton, in an article for Freedom from Religion Foundation, seeks to make a case from the Old Testament that the scriptures allow abortion. He does violence to the biblical text in order to make his case and it is important that we debunk such misuse of scripture.” - P&D

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Is There a Gift of Singleness?

The tendency among young men and women to delay marriage (or even to abandon it entirely) in contemporary Western society has given birth to a curiously parallel increase of interest in Paul’s passing comment in 1 Corinthians 7:6–9 about his own marital state and implication that there is a “gift of singleness” to be had and even sought in the modern church. Note the full pericope in question:

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