For years now I have wondered about an opening verse in Paul's epistle to the Ephesians: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" (1:3). Does EVERY really mean EVERY blessing? If we have been blessed in the past tense (once-and-for-all!) with every spiritual blessing in Christ, then why doesn't my life show it?
Read moreIn the midst of all the familiar, however, lies hidden in plain sight a portion of Scripture often ignored or overlooked altogether. Chapter 21 in Matthew's Gospel records the beginning of the events of Holy Week.
Mark provides the best chronology, explaining that on the first evening of His first day in Jerusalem, Jesus went to the temple, made some observations, left Jerusalem, then traveled to and stayed the night in Bethany.
Read more“The truth of the resurrection fed into John’s writing on what theology and science say about the ultimate fate of the universe”, says Holder.
“John Polkinghorne saw the doctrine of the Trinity as consonant with the entangled world of quantum theory”
Question. Many may have not heard about John Polkinghorne. What were his his main areas of scientific work?
Read moreIt can be disheartening to recommend an Anglican Church in another city only to find out later that it was indistinguishable in theology and practice from a Roman Catholic or Presbyterian church.
Read moreDivine Mystery. An extremely common evangelical approach to the problem of evil and suffering is to simply say that the causes are unknowable in God's inscrutable ways. This side of the eschaton, that is in fact frequently true; the problem comes when the Evangelical apologist does not dig any deeper, and is prematurely satisfied with that simplistic answer.
Read moreINTRODUCTION
Clap or sea with every living being, the whole world, and everyone. Mountains and rivers clap and rejoice. (Psalm 97).
Read moreRESPONSE:
Negative.
Explanatory Note
Read moreThe Ecclesia Anglicana and its offspring in various provinces throughout the world are the recipients and custodians of a priceless heritage emerging from the findings of pious and scholarly minds attuned to the teachings of Scripture in both Britain, and on the Continent, in the Reformation era. These holy servants of the Lord were also conservators of all that was good, right, and true as maintained and upheld within the Church of prior centuries.
Read moreBut the Old Covenant Law (with its promised punishments) was intended to be only a temporary expedient until the time was right for the Messiah's advent in the Incarnation of Christ. Once the Kingdom of God and repentance was preached by both John the Baptist and Jesus, the gospel message became the Answer... and faith in Jesus Christ was endued with great power as God started spreading His Holy Spirit to the disciples of Jesus.
Read moreEthical Dualism. Next, we shall briefly mention dualistic metaphysical theodicy. Several ancient religions, most notably Zoroastrianism and Taoism, posit that good cannot logically exist without counterbalancing evil. A prominent 17th century advocate of such ethical dualism was German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who was parodied in Voltaire's Candide. Amy K. Hall notes that "Under this premise there cannot be good without evil . . .
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