Gen 6:5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 8:21 And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Scripture on Depravity
Posted in Theology on August 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Belgic Confession of Faith on the Condition of Man
Posted in Theology on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Article XIV. The Creation and Fall of Man, and His Incapacity to Perform What Is Truly Good
We believe that God created man out of the dust of the earth, and made and formed him after His own image and likeness, good, righteous, and holy, capable in all things to will agreeably to the [...]
The Canons of Dordt on the Condition of Man
Posted in Theology on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THIRD AND FOURTH HEADS OF DOCTRINE.
THE CORRUPTION OF MAN, HIS CONVERSION TO GOD, AND THE MANNER THEREOF
ARTICLE ONE
Man was originally formed after the image of God. His understanding was adorned with a true and saving knowledge of his Creator, and of spiritual things; his heart and will were upright, all his affections pure, [...]
Dead Man Walking
Posted in Theology on August 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The sea became more stormy. The wind howled harder and louder, the waves grew bigger, the ship jumped up and down, even rising out of the water. “Man the lifeboats! Abandon ship!” came the call. People ran towards the lifeboats, slipping and sliding over the wet deck, struggling to keep their eyes open against the [...]
TULIP revisited
Posted in Theology on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Over the next few posts I want to revisit and expand the principles described by the TULIP acronym. I guess one may describe it as a convenient way to remember the principles of the reformation. But as with all things theological, it runs deeper than just a shortcut to remembering something, it has profound implications. [...]
The kingdom of God
Posted in Theology on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Are you in the kingdom of God?
Scripture describes the kingdom as such:
Mar 4:30 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
Mar 4:31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds [...]
Stop child abuse
Posted in General Christian on August 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am disgusted.
There is an epidemic of child abuse sweeping the world. Anyone who has seen the television series “To catch a predator”, see every week how adults seek to seduce children as young as 13. And what is even more shocking, when confronted, some of these guys say that they don’t see [...]
Of washing feet
Posted in Theology on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There are some happenings in the Bible that just boggles the mind. One of those things are the washing of feet. As early as Gen 18 we read about how the washing of feet was a sign of humility and submission.
But the most interesting is of course from this passage in John 13:
Joh 13:1 [...]
Defining God
Posted in Apologetics, Theology on August 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is quite amusing. On one of the political discussion websites I frequent, there is a discussion about Richard Dawkins letter to his daughter. The letter itself is full of the inconsistencies and half-truths that we are used to seeing from Dawkins (religion is eeeevil, but by what standard etc.), but the more interesting part [...]
