This is part 9 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. A question is asked over at the “In the Habit of Goring” blog: In Part 3, we had discussed the Lord’s Prayer. Let’s look at it again: …and… In the Lord’s Prayer we are not asking for …
The Lord is Risen!
As much as I enjoy posting on a blog, there are times when I desire to do other things. A few weeks ago my posting took an unexpected and unexplained bump because I picked up a new (mis)adventure: That’s right, I’m teaching myself Real Analysis. That’s a higher-level undergraduate course …
This is part 8 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. There are many misconceptions regarding forgiveness. Let’s discuss a few of them. This highlights the problem with describing sin in abstract moral, ethical, behavioral, or spiritualized terms. People are completely unable to understand when and how sin creates …
This is part 7 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. Six years ago a commenter asked me the following: Walt, a former Anabaptist, had converted to Calvinism. This was, IMO, a lateral move. I responded: There are many theories of atonement, including: View Key Idea Notable Proponents …
This is part 6 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. Throughout this series we’ve discussed sinning, forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation, and excommunication. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about what to do if your brother sins against you (Matthew 18:15-22) and the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant …
This is part 5 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In our last post, we discussed how repentance differs from forgiveness, concluding: After posting that, Bruce Charlton posted an article where he discussed in his view of the role of repentance in the life and work of …
This is part 4 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In the last part of the series, you may have missed something that I said: For those who believe that forgiveness is conditional, they believe that the condition required for forgiveness is repentance: the sinner must first …
“Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town“
On the topic of who you can trust… This is remarkably similar to the data tampering that the Tony Heller has long been describing regarding the long-term temperature record (see here). Which is to say, you cannot trust the data reported by government agencies or by “scientists.”