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    Causal exclusion problem

    It seems to me if we aren't committed to physicalism, the causal exclusion problem beomes a non-issue if we separate the ontological assumption that nature is physical from the causal closure principle. The causal exclusion problem states that we have good reason to believe four propositions...
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    God's Presence in Mourning

    Focus Verse: Matthew 5:4 Introduction: Having a sober mind in a fallen world means we are confronted with a broken reality that will grieve the tenderhearted. Suffering is a reality that everyone is subject to at some point in their life, and many are wounded by their circumstances. With the...
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    Requesting prayer support...feeling condemned

    Lately I've been feeling something that used to crop up fairly frequently in that I am feeling like I am destined for hell because I am a coward. I am full of intellectual confidence in the gospel, but so often I lack the faith to act when I feel an impulse to ask to pray for someone or to start...
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    What is Romans overarching question?

    While at work today I kept thinking about Romans 9:14-16, and thinking about what the underlying message of "I will have mercy on who I will have mercy" truly is, since it seems to me there are two options. Either a)it's a statement concerned primarily with God excluding some from His mercy and...
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    Spiritual Warfare and Christus Victor

    I've been doing some studies on atonement models and their Scriptural support, and I seem to be struggling to identify what Scriptures are used to support the apocalyptic view of the world that underlies Christus Victor. There seems to be a great deal of discussion surrounding Christ's death and...
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    What's your through-line?

    Lately I've been giving a lot of thought to the overall task of interpretation, and one thing that keeps jumping out at me is how much the direction of the interpretation is taken. What I mean is, do we use the NT as the lens through which to read the OT? The OT as the lens to read the NT? Some...
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    Perfecting the will of man

    The question of why the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" would be in the garden at all is one I have had posed to me several times. This question seems simple at first blush, yet it leads to some interesting issues. Why would God create the opportunity for sin, knowing that men would...
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    Atomizing the text vs longitudinal analysis

    So this post is somewhat meta-theological so I'm not sure where to place it, but I've been thinking about how we handle Scripture. Often there is an emphasis on an atomistic view of Scripture where we break the text into the smallest possible unit and analyze it that way. We break it down into...
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    Approaches to theology

    Often it seems that a lot of disagreements center around how one approaches the theological task so I would like to discuss some methodologies and their strengths and weaknesses, beginning with systematic theology. In systematic theology a topic is selected and verses are collected that...
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    Reflection on love

    Tonight when I was journaling I was struck by a thought about my current ability to love others. It seems to me in many ways I love God and others as an extension of myself, rather than fully recognizing them as individuals in their own right. So often the relationship becomes the focus and my...
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    Dealing with isolation

    Hi all, I would appreciate if you would pray for some turmoil that is in my spirit tonight. I am currently being quarantined because my wife tested positive for COVID and is in isolation. Neither of us is showing any symptoms but I am having a hard time with the isolation. As I've reached out to...
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    Developing friendships

    I'm not sure exactly why I'm asking this, but one area I've always struggled with is getting relationships beyond the acquaintance stage. A lot of this is because I am naturally a very quiet and reserved person with very few interests that lend themselves to social interaction, so most of the...
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    Struggling with fears

    Last night when I went to sleep my thoughts turned to questions of salvation. When I woke up this morning there was a taunting voice telling me my faith was fruitless because I have committed the unforgiveable sin, leaving me with a fear I cannot kick that the voice may be true. This fear has...
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    Hello from California

    Hi all, just posting an introduction of myself. My name is Brandon, I live in CA with my wife and our menagerie of pets. I have been a believer since 2011 and am passionate about theology as a means of showing love for God by exercising the capacities He has given us to discover His character...
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