Category Archives: Theology

the gnostic view of God

Posted on September 22, 2013 by christopher fisher

From the Gnostic manuscript, The Sophia of Jesus Christ: The Savior said: “He Who Is is ineffable. No principle knew him, no authority, no subjection, nor any creature from the foundation of the world until now… For he is immortal … Continue reading →

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why are calvinists so scared of the Bible

Posted on September 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

The Bible is the word of God. Although some of it represents personal letters or open letters, a vast majority of it contains historical narrative. Literally, these are stories of actual events. When people speak to one another, such as … Continue reading →

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advice from an experienced street preacher

Posted on September 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

In this video, street preacher Jesse Morrell shares some life lessons from his 10 years of street preaching. Jesse is an expert in dealing with human beings (especially belligerent ones). Although the video is geared towards relations with the police, … Continue reading →

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comparing to God

Posted on September 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

To what extend do we understand Isaiah’s writings about God being incomparable? From Act and Being: But we find also, earlier in the chapters attributed to this prophet, apparent support for the negative theology. The question is repeated: ‘To whom … Continue reading →

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misquoted verses – the eyes of the Lord

Posted on September 18, 2013 by christopher fisher

When Calvinists turn to verses to support their understanding of God, one of the first to which they turn is Proverbs 15:3: Pro 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the … Continue reading →

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countering open theism

Posted on September 18, 2013 by christopher fisher

The prime indicator of an individual who identifies with Open Theism is a claim that the God of the Bible does not know future actions; not only is that not a characteristic of God depicted in the Bible but it … Continue reading →

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an accurate image of Jesus

Posted on September 16, 2013 by christopher fisher

In my previous post I mentioned that a Calvinist was trying to take me to task for titling one of my posts “Jesus was dirty”. He took this as blasphemous. Why would he do so? The Gnostics had a very … Continue reading →

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low stability theologians

Posted on September 15, 2013 by christopher fisher

In one of my favorite Bryan Caplan posts he contrasts two types of people: people high in stability and those low in stability: People high in Stability realize that, objectively speaking, life in First World countries is good and getting … Continue reading →

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the definition of soveriegnty

Posted on September 13, 2013 by christopher fisher

Calvinists love to redefine words such that they do not resemble any human understanding of that word. The world “election” comes to mind. Calvinists say it is nothing we do or say that influences our election. This is not a … Continue reading →

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paul contradicts the idolaters

Posted on September 12, 2013 by christopher fisher

In this YouTube video, NT Wright has a very interesting section (@12:00 point) in which he identifies Paul’s clear teaching that mankind is made in the image of God: In every city that Paul visited, he first went to the … Continue reading →

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