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What does the Bible really say about inerrancy?
So I’ve come to the end of this series on the Bible. This post is a finisher-off for completists, and also for anyone who still believes that the Bible claims to be inerrant. Of course, trying to prove that the … Continue reading
Rethinking the Bible
Let us now rise and sing Hymn 2316 (to the tune of ‘Immortal, Invisible’): Inerrant, infallible, God’s word alone; Eternal, immutable, truth set in stone. The final authority, all we need hear; The source of theology, though not of beer. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Evangelicalism
Tagged Bible, evangelical, inerrancy, Rick Warren, Scripture
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Does God know the future?
This follows on from the last piece on whether God has a ‘perfect plan for our lives’. Part of how we answer that depends on another question – how much of the future does God know? How much has he … Continue reading
Suffering and sovereignty
Here’s an edited version of an email I sent today to one of the Purpose Driven Life (TM) daily devotional authors, a teaching pastor at Saddleback Church. (I signed up for these emails several years ago and haven’t bothered to … Continue reading
Posted in Calvinism, Dark night of the soul, Suffering
Tagged Calvinism, Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren, sovereignty, Suffering, the will of God, theodicy
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