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Waltz, Nicaea and Shea
David Waltz (no great fan of mine, if memory serves correctly) has nevertheless provided a helpful two-part post in response to my rebuttal to Shea’s post on Nicaea. Mr. Waltz has, I suspect, read more about the Nicene and early post-Nicene period than most people ever will. So, I appreciate that he took the time…
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Repenting for Our Fathers' Sins – Part 6/6
Ezra also provides an example of the same thing in terms of prayers of repentance for the sins of our fathers. Ezra 9:1-15 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, “The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands,…
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Repenting for Our Fathers’ Sins – Part 6/6
Ezra also provides an example of the same thing in terms of prayers of repentance for the sins of our fathers. Ezra 9:1-15 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, “The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands,…
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Responding to Anti-Miscegenation Arguments
Anti-miscegenation advocates suggest that it is either wrong or imprudent for people of different races to marry one another. The question of prudence may be a practical, pragmatic, and even utilitarian one. We cannot necessarily answer such a question in a dogmatic way. But we can answer the question of whether it is wrong. First,…
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Repenting for Our Fathers' Sins – Part 5/6
Nehemiah also provides us with two examples of repentance for the sins of our fathers. In a first example, the prayer is simply indicated, without the details being provided: Nehemiah 9:1-3 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon…
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Repenting for Our Fathers’ Sins – Part 5/6
Nehemiah also provides us with two examples of repentance for the sins of our fathers. In a first example, the prayer is simply indicated, without the details being provided: Nehemiah 9:1-3 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon…
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Repenting for Our Fathers' Sins – Part 4/6
The same theme of repenting from the sins of our fathers can also be found in Psalm 106. Psalm 106:1-48 (the whole of the psalm) Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who…
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Repenting for Our Fathers’ Sins – Part 4/6
The same theme of repenting from the sins of our fathers can also be found in Psalm 106. Psalm 106:1-48 (the whole of the psalm) Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who…
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Repenting for Our Fathers' Sins – Part 3/6
We can also see repentance for the sins of the fathers in two prayers of Jeremiah. Here is a first example: Jeremiah 14:19-22 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and…