The Wisdom of God

It seems to me that these verses are a perfect fit for our conversations about how great God is and how wise he is. Our only job is to recognize his wisdom. The world has been here 13.5 billion years, according to our scientists, we only have 60-80 years to recognize that the heavens declare the glory of God, and that Jesus loves us enough to die in our place. - Amazing!

Philip Yancey Quotes

A while back you pointed me to Philip Yancey’s online blog, and I’ve enjoyed it very much. So much so that I’ve included a couple of them into this blog post:

http://philipyancey.com/q-and-a-topics/faith-and-doubt

And you wrote the book A Skeptic’s Guide to Faith for them?

Christ Offered Himself

Hebrews 9 "Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins." 9:14 (NLT) Father God, There is nothing I can do, or not do, to be acceptable in Your sight. My good behavior will never cover my sinfulness. To think that I would have to do something of value to have worth in Your eyes would not only put me in bondage to daily striving to perform perfectly, but it would annul Christ's perfect gift offered for me. By accepting His payment on my behalf, He set me free to seek You in open fellowship.

Without A Cause

Without A Cause

My heart is burning with excitement, joy, and peace, the kind that words cannot convey. I am completely satisfied in God’s love for us.

A part of my joy is prompted by John 15.25:

It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.' (Joh 15:25 NRSV)

Open Theism and Doubt

Open theism and doubt

I’m glad you found the place that fits your beliefs. Go of it!

Lots of people have doubts, some of them find a solution.

Thomas had doubts, it put him behind others, he could not experience God’s glory without a personal inspection. Doubt didn’t serve him well.

OPEN THEISM’S ATTACK ON THE ATONEMENT

OPEN THEISM’S ATTACK ON THE ATONEMENT*

 John MacArthur 

President and Professor of Pastoral Ministries 

Open theism arose in evangelicalism over a decade ago when evangelicals posited a God to whom one can easily relate and who is manageable in place of a God who punishes sinners for their sin. This they did by proposing a model of Christ’s atonement that was not substitutionary. To do so they adopted the model of the 16th-century Socinian heresy, which taught that God could forgive without the payment of a ransom.

The biblical doctrine, however, is that Christ’s atonement was substitutionary, a teaching that was not immediately defined in the early church, but which Anselm stated clearly during the 16th century. Open theists on the other hand tend to vacillate between the inadequate positions of Abelard and Grotius in their views of the atonement.

Good stuff

Here is wisdom