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Towards a Devotional Theology
CallIsaiah 61:1-3 (cf. Luke 4:17-19)The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,because the LORD has anointed meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim freedom for the captivesand release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favorand…
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In Memory of a Dog
On Easter – Sunday September 2nd, we will rejoice and praise God for her life that was full of unconditional love and devotion to her family.Good Bye our best friend – Lucy Queen Bee Prabhakar.
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Arche in Social Software
This technopost from India might fit better on my technology blog, but it so closely mirrored Bob Mumford’s definition of Arche (non-corporeal “entities in their own right“) I had include it here: The thing that makes social software behave differently than other communications tools is that groups are entities in their own right. A group of people interacting with one…
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Seven Verses Worth Dying For
That is, some of the issues that were life-and-death millennia ago are now gnats, and while we strain them out camels are overrunning our camp.This got me thinking: what are the core truths that are so foundational to my understanding and experience of God — and myself — that I…
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God is Holy – Doctrine 101
That is, the reasons our ancestors called an altar or place holy is that it was “set apart” as something of transcendent value, in contrast to merely being of instrumental value (“utility”).In this context, the highest order of praise from the angels (and us) is simply to recognize that fact,…
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God is Omniscient – Doctrine 101
Why will the fact that God is omniscient be so important at the end of the world?Certainly, God can’t perfectly judge all without knowing all, both external acts and internal motivation.What does the statement in Heb 4.13 add in this regard?A wonderful picture of perfect understanding and total knowledge.9.
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God is Omnipresent – Doctrine 101
Write out the words of Psalm 18.25-26.With the kind you show yourself kind;with the blameless you show yourself blameless;with the pure you show yourself pure,And with the crooked you show yourself astute.What do these verses say about how you will experience God?God responds to us according to the spirit in…
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God is Omnipotent – Doctrine 101
But what should you be doing about God’s “revealed will” that will enable you to know that as you approach those decisions, you are living in the centre of his will?Written Work:Summarize the conclusions to the class discussion questions above.Homework:Read RCS #13 (incl. Bible passages)Doctrine 101: Learning about GodWorksheet 4…
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Samuel Jacobson, Seeker of Knowledge – Part 2
I am the one who has come down from heaven to reveal the things of heaven, but I am also the one who must be lifted up to return to heaven, that all may see me and know the way to eternal life.’I lay there a long time, weeping –…
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Samuel Jacobson, Scribe of Nicodemus – Part 1
Not that this lying rabble rouser deserved any better, but it was brutally unfair that gentle Nicodemus had to carry out the dark deed.When he left that night for the encounter, he looked like a man carrying his own cross to a Roman execution.
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Confessing the Trinity – Doctrine 101
Still, I decided to retype it here as an exercise.The Apostles’ CreedI believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and EarthAnd in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our LordWho was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilatewas crucified, dead, and buried.He descended…
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My Brother Doc Prabhak
One of the reasons I often go by “Dr. Ernie” is that my family is full of “real” (medical) Doctor Prabhakars. That, and it is too hard to pronounce or spell! But my elder brother (and surgeon) Larry managed to acquire the hip-sounding nickname “Doc Prabhak” while chaperoning his son’s Kantorei choir trip. In the…
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The Doctrine of the Trinity in History – Doctrine 101
Rather than reading a book and filling out a worksheet, we are asked to: Listen to the audio file The Doctrine of the Trinity in History, taking notes.Produce an outline summary of the presentation.Submit your summary to your mentor.Thank God for the newly free A/V Controls in QuickTime player, which…
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Proverbs 3:5-6 SOAP (Scripture Observation Application Prayer) for LDT
In this case, it might mean that we are: trusting the Lord with a partial hearttrusting ourselves with our whole hearttrusting the Lord with our whole mind, not our heartleaning on our own understandingacknowledging God in some of our waysSound like anyone you know?Again, this isn’t in any way meant…
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Proverbs 3 Miss Understanding
More, we need to actively fear God’s punishment if we try to abuse that world for own selfish purposes.But this fear doesn’t weaken us, it strengthens us:It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.In fact, the more we give over to God, the better off we’ll…
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God is Trinity – Doctrine 101
What point is it making?The selected stanzas of the following Christmas hymn will help you think about the answer to question # 5.”The Incarnation”The great God of heaven is come down to earth,His mother a virgin and sinless His birth;The Father Eternal His Father alone;He sleeps in the manger; He…
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God is Self-Existent – Doctrine 101
In your own words, write out a definition of what you think the expression “the independence, or the self-existence, of God” means.2.
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God is Unknowable but Knowable – Doctrine 101
Summarize the conclusions to the class discussion questions above.Doctrine 101: Learning about GodWorksheet 1 – Unknowable; KnowableGod is unknowableWhy did John Calvin say that God speaks to us in a kind of lisping?The emphasis is that God condescends to speak to us in a way we can understand, like a…
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