Category Archives: God

the Biblical way to assassinate a tyrant

Posted on October 26, 2013 by christopher fisher

In Judges 3 there is an interesting story that details how Eglon the Moabite was assassinated by the Jews. The first part of the story is that God raised up Eglon to punish the Jews: Jdg 3:12 And the children … Continue reading →

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foreknown – proginosko

Posted on October 26, 2013 by christopher fisher

Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. In Romans 8, Calvinists like to point to the word “foreknow” … Continue reading →

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God threatened to kill adam

Posted on October 24, 2013 by christopher fisher

In the book of Genesis, the reader encounters a scene in which God talks to Adam and gives him a single command: Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may … Continue reading →

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walter brueggemann on the righteous actions of God

Posted on October 24, 2013 by christopher fisher

From Walter Brueggemann’s Theology of the Old Testament: Israel’s characteristic grammar in speaking of Yahweh, governed by active verbs, regularly insisted that Yahweh is a major player in Israel’s life and in the life of the world. Yahweh’s characteristic presentation … Continue reading →

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psalms 8 describes God as relational

Posted on October 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

Psa 8:1 To the Chief Musician. On the Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Psa 8:2 Out of … Continue reading →

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repentance in the Bible

Posted on October 17, 2013 by christopher fisher

Repentance is a very versatile word. It can be used in various contexts to express various meanings. Christians often fall for the mistake of trying to force only a single meaning onto this one word. Some people say repentance always … Continue reading →

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a gnostic Jesus

Posted on October 14, 2013 by christopher fisher

The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in the Nag Hammadi library, a collection of gnostic texts discovered in 1945. Most scholars date the original Gospel of Thomas to the middle of the second century. One of the most interesting facets … Continue reading →

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how God is eternal

Posted on October 9, 2013 by christopher fisher

One negative attribute of God described in the Bible is that God is eternal. The Calvinists see this word and instantly prescribe a scenario in which God lives in an “eternal now”. This is not a concept found in the … Continue reading →

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the hierarchy of understanding God

Posted on October 3, 2013 by christopher fisher

In the Bible there are three main ways that characteristics about God are communicated: 1. Statements God makes about himself 2. Statements the Bible makes about God 3. Statements that are quotes by third parties The natural inclination should be … Continue reading →

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God sometimes wrongly expects us to change

Posted on September 30, 2013 by christopher fisher

The Bible is a love story. The two main characters are God and the nation of Israel. Reading the Bible is like reading a romance novel. God is the groom. Israel is described as the bride. God even makes the … Continue reading →

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