The Beauty of God’s Creation

Shelley took this picture while we were hiking in one of the forest preserves around here. 

Creation

Here’s the section in my doctrinal statement on creation.
I believe that God created the heavens and the earth out of nothing for His own good pleasure (John 1:3; Heb. 11:3: Col. 1:16; Rev. 4:11). Each member of the Trinity participated in the creating work (Gen. 1-2; John 1:1-4). According to Genesis, God said that His [...]

God as spirit, His moral virtue, and the Trinity

More of my work for my Christian Theology class…
The Bible teaches that God is spirit and thus is a living immaterial being (John 4:24; Luke 24:39). For this reason, God is also invisible (1 Tim. 1:17). Our natural senses could never perceive God in all of His glory (Ex. 33:12-23). And yet on certain occasions in Scripture, [...]

God’s Sovereignty, Omniscience

Here’s some of my doctrinal statement for Christian Theology.
God alone is the sovereign ruler of the cosmos (Ps. 115:3; Acts 4:24; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 19:11-16). He does whatever He pleases and answers to no one for His actions (Ps. 115:3). His plans cannot be thwarted (Isa. 14:24-27). In His wise providential care for His [...]

God as the Self-Existent Creator

Here’s some more of my developing doctrinal statement for my Christian Theology class.
 I believe in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has primarily revealed Himself to humanity through the Bible, God’s Holy Word. God has revealed Himself to us in order that we might know and worship Him (John 17:3). He is [...]

God is immutable

What do we mean when we say that God is immutable?  I’ve been wrestling over this in my mind as I write my doctrinal statement for Christian Theology.   Here’s what I have so far. 
As an immutable being, He does not change in regard to His character and purposes. He cannot call something evil for one [...]

Original Sin

For my Christian Theology class, we recently went over Jonathan Edwards’ work on the original sin.   As a Calvinist, Edwards believes that we not only inherit a sinful nature from Adam, but also we receive the imputation of his guilt.   This kinda strikes me as overkill.  Does the Bible teach that we are guilty of another [...]

Mae’s birthday

Blog Hiatus

The last couple of weeks have been really busy for me as midterms approached.  So if you’ve wondered why I haven’t been posting much, that’s why. 
 I hope to start posting a little more frequently.   I’m starting to work on my doctrine statement on God and creation that’s due in a couple of weeks. 
Hebrew and Greek [...]

“This Is My Father’s World”

BTW, here’s a link to the old NY Times article reporting Babcock’s death.