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If you spend enough Sundays in evangelical churches, sooner or later you’ll hear it said that the reason Paul didn’t translate ‘Abba’ from the Aramaic when writing Romans was because he wanted to capture the essence of the familiar, child-like, intimate name for father, for which there was... Read more -
Am I middle-aged?
At 42, I routinely describe myself as middle-aged, and on a purely actuarial basis this seems indisputable. With life expectancy being around 80, I am – all things being equal – at the tipping point of life. Of course, life expectancy keeps pushing upwards, so I may last out... Read more -
Our theological preoccupations naturally lead us to assume that predestination and election were the defining doctrines which divided the Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants. The Remonstrance of 1610 was rejected by the Synod of Dort (1618-19) which affirmed 5-point Calvinism – Total depravity,... Read more - Page ‹ First < 289 290 291 292 293 > Last ›