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Category Archives: Anthropology
Total depravity?
Caution is warranted on articulating a doctrine of human depravity from the wrong starting point. Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Depravity, Human depravity, Human dignity, Reformed Theology, Salvation
Tagged Image of God, Reformed Theology, Salvation, Theology, total depravity, TULIP
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Three kinds of people in the world
any merely twofold division of the world into good and bad is disastrous. It overlooks the fact that the members of the second class (to which most of us belong) are always and necessarily… Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, C. S. Lewis, Christian life, Christianity, Depravity, Human depravity, Human dignity
Tagged Anthropology, CS Lewis
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Evil from childhood?
Five essential personal applications. Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evil in the world, Origin of Sin, Problem of evil, Sin, Theodicy, Theology
Tagged Evil, Evil in the world, Fall of Man, Sin
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The human will and the findings of Neuroscience
Sometimes life is not easily reduced to raw choosing. If we treat people only as volitional beings, we fail to relate to them based on the Imago Dei and the human fall from it. One must consider matters related to nurture and nature when addressing complex issues of life in this world. Continue reading
The human need for change
Politics, culture, and the role of law are agents of change but these means offer limited solutions to our problems. We have a deeper need that cannot be addressed through these agents of change.
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Posted in Addiction, Anthropology, Atheism, Behavior, Change, Character, Christian life, Christian worldview, Church and State, Common grace, Counseling, Earth, Evil in the world, God's Love, God's power, Gospel, Government, Guidelines for living, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Main problem, Politics, Regeneration, Salvation, Sin, Spiritual growth, Spiritual transformation, Worldview
Tagged deeper change needed, help me change, limits of politics
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Seven considerations before talking about marriage, sexuality and gender
Seven foundational truths for discussing marriage, sexuality and gender. Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Creation, Depravity, Divorce and Remarriage, Gay, Gay Marriage?, Gender, Homosexual lifestyle, Homosexuality, Human depravity, Human dignity, Marriage, marriage problems, Same-sex, Sexual orientation, Sexual Preference, Sexual temptations, Sexuality, troubled marriage, Wisdom
Tagged church position on sexuality, churches and gay marriage, Churches and gender issues, gender and marriage
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A danger to ourselves
Our demand for freedom without limits has contributed to profound short-term thinking and devolved into forms of self-serving individualism that threaten the stability and future of our communities and, perhaps even, our nation itself.
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Posted in Accountability, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Christian worldview, Evil in the world, Freedom, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Origin of Sin, Sin, Social work, sociology, Wisdom, Worldview
Tagged autonomy of self, freedom as bondage, original sin, Origins of human history, rebellion, The fall of mankind
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Unguided Darwinian process or Intelligent design
Can life be traced back to an unguided Darwinian process or is it more rational to conclude that there was intelligent design behind life? Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Apologetics, Biology, Creation, Science
Tagged biology, Creation, Darwinian process, Evolution, Intelligent design, Science
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No belief is true for everyone
“Nothing is universally true.”
“All generalizations are false.”
“No belief is true for everyone.”
“Everything is relative.”
“Everyone’s beliefs are true or false only relative to himself.” Continue reading
The Death of Character
More than a decade ago, James Davison Hunter, (University of Virginia) wrote: “The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil.” Hunter’s observations remain sobering for us today. He described the daunting task we face as … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Anthropology, Character, Judges, Law, sociology
Tagged Democracy, Freedom, Judges, Laws, Politics, social order, socialism
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