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Lookalikes
While finite minds make sense in a universe created by a Divine Mind, they are exceedingly difficult to account for in a naturalistic universe. Physicalist approaches to explaining mental properties ultimately fall short because mental properties possess unique characteristics that cannot be reduced to physical states, events and properties. [1]J.P.Moreland 2014,P109 [1] J.P.Moreland 2014,P109 April…
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#iBELIEVE
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Subjective (#heresthething)
#subjective The time has come,” he (Jesus, that is)said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” [find it in Mark 1:14,15] For some readers/hearers this may seem like just a personal call to change their way of living. Well,it is most certainly that. BUT it is NOT just that.Absolutely…
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Purposeful
Purposeful It is only from the perspective of our ‘mental life’ (the ‘imago Dei’ factor) that we can imagine how God’s ‘being’ might be, and how God might act in the world that God has created and that the Triune God sustains. If we should deny God ‘his mental life’, i.e., God’s distinctive ontological existence,…
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Building: The Church?
The Churches’ Own Pandemic ‘Shut everything down’, they said; ‘but please allow the bread’, was the muted reply. ‘The bread you shall have, there’s a surplus of supply, so no one should go without, by and by. They opened things up for the ‘essential’ supplies; we could even wander between the product spires. That man…
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Praying [in] The Kingdom
But you, when you pray, go into your inner room; and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you. And when you are praying, do not babble on and on like the pagans; for they think they will be heard…
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This World?! Really?
This World! Really? (part 1) #BookExertWhat kind of world, is this? “[Modern] Science presents a working model of the world based on observation and explanation, albeit one which is vastly outmoded. And in case we are tempted towards a feeling of superiority on this point, we should note that our current cosmology may in turn…
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Worlds Apart: where [on] Earth is Heaven?
In March 2021 the author will (DV) be/will have been ‘celebrating’ his birthday number ‘80’. Of course, things have changed quite a bit since 1941—we have changed quite a bit. Call it the ‘ravages of time’ or ‘wear and tear’ or just ‘life. That’s it: We are born—grow into maturity if we’re lucky and ‘naturally’…
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What kind of World?
When thinking about the feasibility of life in/on a ‘New Heaven & Earth’ it is necessary to consider, a little, the purpose of what we may call, the original model. It isn’t so much a question of the time taken to get where ‘we’ are today. According to the latest scientific data, thoughthe answer to…
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Heaven is a wonderful place, isn’t it?
Reading the words of St John’s Gospel at the head of the funeral cortege is a most surreal of experiences: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,…” (John 11:25,26) This particular occasion was the funeral of someone with whom we were well acquainted—someone that…