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“Knowledge has come to be defined as what can be proven by secular evidence and arguments.”

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“People who say that Calvinists teach predestination and deny free will, and that Arminians deny predestination and teach free will are simply wrong.”

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Before saying 'I disagree' be sure you can say 'I understand.'

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Only a loving and covenant-making personal God can provide humans with unique dignity, worth, and rights. Blind nature cannot do that. So, for the…

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“If God’s love is absolutely different from the highest and best notions of love as we derive them from Scripture itself (especially from Jesus…

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We're creatures, so we have limits.

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"Ultimate reality" is the highest, deepest, eternal, unchangeable, source and ground of everything we see, touch, and experience with our five senses. It's that…

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Humanism cannot survive on a purely secular platform.

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“Surely we can only come to understand each other's beliefs by means of direct encounter and open, honest discussion. In the meantime, many free…

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The Bible portrays God as entering into covenants with people which, when broken, causes him grief and sorrow. The biblical prophet Hosea and God's…

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“Someone has said that no theology is worth believing that cannot be preached standing in front of the gates of Auschwitz. I, for one,…

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