Sovereignty and Responsibility
This is the irresolvable tension an honest reading of the Bible requires you to hold: God is absolutely sovereign, man is absolutely responsible.
Read MoreThe Trouble for Smart Guys
There is a notable catch with intelligence that ought to make each and every believer hesitate before uncritically imbibing whatever some smart Christian serves up to them.
Read MoreSecondary Issues
The prophecies matter to God, that’s why He declared them, had them recorded and has had them preserved all this time. Yes, there is room for disagreement. No, your salvation does not depend on you fully understanding or knowing all there is to know about them.
But that doesn’t mean they’re unimportant.
Read MoreChildish
One of the most beautiful things about children is that their minds have yet to be bound by the strictures of reality. Their imaginations soar, they pretend with reckless abandon and they create entire universes of play with no effort at all. They do not know what cannot be yet, so they have no reason to be bothered about it.
This is a truly wonderful quality in children. It becomes sociopathic in adults.
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