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David’s Relationship to God
Vox Veritatis has some thoughts on the problems with the English expression “Mother of God.” (link to comments) Of course, there is an orthodox sense to the term (the orthodox sense is that Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is God incarnate), but the resultant expression is awkward at best. The only argument for…
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David’s Son – an Unworkable Argument
One of David’s sons died in infancy. David mourned him before he died, but stopped grieving when the child died. This puzzled the servants of David. When asked about his odd behavior: 2 Samuel 12:22-23And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD…
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Calvinistic Prayer and Combined Bets
I enjoy reading philosophical articles, and this one (link) about combining bets happened to crosspolinate with some thoughts I had been having regarding prayer. There are certainly differences, but there are some interesting similarities. You see, before something occurs, we – like David when his son was dying – may pray passionately for a particular…