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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…