OUTLINE OF THEOLOGY, 2007 [GOOGLE] [SCRIBD] [HTML] VI. Angelic Appearances (3 Theories) 1. Simulation – Angels appear in different forms during which they reproduce the very nature and functions of the form they take. Critique: This is impossible for it would imply the essential transformation of angelic nature and confusion in the order of creation. … Continue reading
In the beginning was God and nothing. Then, God created something out of nothing. But, soon that something forgot she was once a nothing. And, forgetting herself and God, she assumed herself to be everything. And, assuming herself to be everything, she died to everything else and God. After many days, when this something had … Continue reading
Nietzsche called the greatest of all sins to be the murder of God (deicide). There was nothing more sinful than that. On the reverse, the greatest of all righteousness fulfilled was in the self-giving of the Son of God. This self-giving brought an end to the history of hostility between man and God. It cancelled all debts. Man had committed the greatest of all crimes, and God had allowed it to be done to Him in the ultimate divine sacrifice. The Cross was where Justice and Love met vis-à-vis. It was where man affirmed his estrangement and God affirmed His belongedness. It was where God accepted man as he was. Continue reading
I recently heard a mother say something like this: “I want my children to get the best of education, because education and money is all one needs at the end of the day. If you got good education, it’ll help make money, and if you got money, you got respect, you got a place, a … Continue reading
On his 85th birthday on Saturday, June 28 of 1789, John Wesley entered in his journal the reasons for his long life. He starts with thanksgiving to the Lord and a reflection on his health: It is true, I am not so agile as I was in times past. I do not run or walk … Continue reading
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