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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/03/07

Is it, whatever “it” is, enough?

So what might “it” be? In this case, “it” is revelation, or to be more precise General Revelation. This Sunday’s Psalm, which was Psalm 19, got me thinking again about General and Special Revelation. Special Revelation is God’s word(s) to specific people, e.g. Scripture, burning bushes, etc. General Revelation is God’s word(s) to all people, […]

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2015/02/22

Revisiting a very familiar phrase

There are many familiar phrases I might be thinking about with this blog post title but the one I’m thinking about today is “once for all.” “Once for all.” What does that even mean? The context for this usage is 1 Peter 3:18 where Peter writes, “For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, […]

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2013/11/03

What does change look like?

How is that for a completely non-provocative and almost banal question, “What does change look like?” But is it really banal in the sense that it is so drearily commonplace that it isn’t worth consideration? I don’t think that is the case. What I do think is that we have heard so much about change: […]

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