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For one thing, confidence was shaken in arguments for the existence of God and the rationality of the Christian faith. Additionally, fewer and fewer people regarded the Bible as a body of divinely revealed, true propositions about various topics that requires a devoted intellect to grasp and study systematically. Instead, the Bible increasingly was

There are a number of ways to phrase formal propositions to ensure that they wed principle and application. Two of the most basic are consequential and conditional statements. A proposition in consequential form states something that should be done as a consequence of a truth. The word because is used or implied: Because Jesus commands his

We were created to live in harmony with others. Even in the garden of Eden, it was not good for Adam to be alone (Gen. 2:18). The good life is a life lived with others, one filled with deep and abiding relationships. We were created to be known and to know, to be loved and to love.

The moral of Damocles’s story is to beware envying the lives of the powerful, for a life of power is a life lived in terror.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. [Philemon 25]

Most men get bored and lazy because they are not given a vision to summon their strength or a challenge to call them out of comfort.

So, why not build a council of wisdom from your heroes from the past and let them stir and inspire you to press into your full inheritance next year?

We are heirs to the throne, joining our Father and Jesus on the field of battle. An invasion is underway.

The propensity to draw these manifold fault lines between good and evil is a recurring symptom of our tradition's dislocation from God.

First, the lines are sometimes drawn between different aspects of creation. Herman Dooyeweerd identifies three such dichotomous ways of understanding the world-or "ground motives"-in the history of Western thought.

How often should we read it? British preacher John Blanchard, in his book How to Enjoy Your Bible, answers, Surely we only have to be realistic and honest with ourselves to know how regularly we need to turn to the Bible. How often do we face problems, temptation and pressure? Every day! Then how often do we need instruction, guidance and greater