Archive for September, 2009
Second Adam – When God created man, He chose for Adam to represent his posterity as “federal head” in the covenant of works. Hosea 6:7 speaks of a covenant which Adam broke, and Romans 5:12-19implies that there was a covenant involved with Adam because he represents the human race. Isaiah 24:5 speaks of an everlasting covenant which is universal because it [ READ MORE ]
History behind the doctrine: The doctrine of the Trinity was formally developed in the early church in reaction to errant teaching on the nature of God as found in Arianism. Arianism attempted to protect monotheism (the belief in one God) by denying the full deity of Jesus, a belief most Christians held at this time. Arianism taught [ READ MORE ]
Over the next several weeks I am going to be doing a series of posts based upon some personal study on the doctrine of the Trinity. This specific doctrine is a primary and essential doctrine for all traditional orthodox Christian believers. I have recently realized that my knowledge is more than lacking when it comes [ READ MORE ]
As per request of Mr. DeSpain. Today for Theology Terms Tuesday we are defining Theosis, so here we go. Theosis is the process of a believer becoming free of hamartia (“missing the mark”), therefore acquiring union with Christ, beginning in this life and later consummated in bodily resurrection. For Orthodox Christians, Theosis (see 2 Pet. 1:4) is [ READ MORE ]
Please Watch this video, I was brought to tears. Praise God for this family. Denny Burk writes: Twenty weeks into their pregnancy, T. K. and Deidrea Laux found out that their son had Trisomy 13—a rare DNA abnormality. After being counseled that “terminating the pregnancy” would be an option, they chose life. In Deidrea’s own [ READ MORE ]
Yes it’s true Zondervan blog writes: This is a very special day for Zondervan. We announced earlier today that Zondervan is partnering with Biblica and the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) to bring you an updated NIV in 2010. I am excited about launching this updated translation and wanted to share this news with everyone as [ READ MORE ]
The Well is a young adult – biblically centered – gospel minded – community driven ministry that meets at Desert Springs Church. If you live in the “Q” that means you have nothing to do on Tuesday nights, so you should check out their new series entitled “Rebellion – A Study in Acts”…how did a small [ READ MORE ]
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