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It’s always been faith Theme: Justified by Faith Scriptures: Galatians 3:1-29 Objectives: (From the D6 Fusion Sunday School Lesson book) Know: Justification has always been through faith, even in the Old Testament. Think: Maintain an awareness that I am totally dependent on Christ for salvation and for power to live for Him each day.…
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Doctrine Short: Truth From time to time, I’ll publish a short post on doctrine from my book. Sometimes the formatting is not perfect, but I cannot correct it. Cheers. B1 Truth C1 Define D1 Theories E1 Correspondence = reality F1 Facts = a thing that exists or happened F2 Belief = acceptance of facts…
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Proverbs 16:29 GW A violent person misleads his neighbor and leads him on a path that is not good. Comment: The violent person is the abuser whether they are a narcissist or some other type. They deceive the innocent in order to have supply. Supply is the food the narcissist needs to enhance their…
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The Downward Spiral Theme: The cost of disobedience Scriptures: Judges 2:1-23 Objectives (from the D6 Fusion lesson book) Know: The Israelites failed to fully obey God’s commands, which led to a downward cycle of idolatry and disobedience. Think: Be conscious of my tendency toward disobedience and keep my focus on Christ. Do: Fully obey…
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Christians believe…? in absolute truth? in strict moral absolutes? The Barna group did a survey on absolutes. They found, among other things, these six principles: 1. ‘The best way to find yourself is by looking within yourself.’ An incredible 91% of US adults and 76% of practicing Christians agreed ‘completely’ or ‘somewhat’ with this…
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Can we know? Theme: What is truth? Objectives Know: God and His Word are the absolute standard for all moral truth. Think: Live with the mindset that Christ and His Word reveal absolute, objective truth. Do: Go to Christ and His Word to find truth, and then put it into practice. Scripture: John 18:37-38…
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The truth, and nothing but the truth Theme: Confronting worldly wisdom. Scripture: Job 13:1-28 A1 Outline B1 Job tells his friends (?) to shut up Job 13:1-5 B2 Job tells his friends (?) their speeches are stupid Job 13:6-13 B3 Job tells God to stop hurting me Job 13:14-28 A2 Notes and questions B1…
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A1 Defined B1 Eyewitness: as in testimony B2 Repeatable: as in math B3 Consistent B4 Legal: based on law, as in speed limit B5 Faithfulness: as in true to a person or cause B6 Fact vs. Opinion. This would be difference subjectively/objectively. B7 Comment from IVPBBC: The Greek concept of truth emphasized reality; the…
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A new post at the Discovery Institute’s Evolution News deals with the total nonreality of some evolutionists and the warping of truth or ignorance of it. Consider: We are often told that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” The statement was first made in 1973 by neo-Darwinist Theodosius Dobzhansky.…